All articles by Nina Notman – Page 6
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PodcastBisphenol A
The science is far from settled, but this week’s compound – bisphenol A – is facing bans across the world
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CareersMasters of their art
Nina Notman meets the National Gallery’s team of analysts, putting masterpieces under the microscope and protecting them for posterity
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NewsExplosive end for Japan's second world war chemical weapons
Bombs and mortars abandoned by retreating Japanese troops in China are finally being destroyed
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CareersAnalysis without borders
Nina Notman looks at a European master’s course that lets students choose where and what to learn
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FeatureEliminating Syria's chemical weapons
Nina Notman reports on the international efforts to destroy Syria’s stockpiles of chemical agents
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CareersChemistry in close-up
Nina Notman talks to IBM’s atomic manipulation group, and the scientists who snapped the first molecular mug shots
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CareersShould I stay or should I go?
Relocating a research group can be a stressful experience. Nina Notman asks academics how they coped with making the move
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FeatureDigging deep for safer water
Arsenic-laced water is still poisoning millions of people in Asia. Nina Notman looks to see if an end is in sight
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FeatureLife at the top
Does an academic chemistry career help or hinder when you move up the ladder? Nina Notman gives us an insight into the role of university leaders
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FeatureBPA: friend or foe?
With media-fuelled anxiety over bisphenol A continuing to rise, Nina Notman looks beyond the headlines at this incredibly widely used polycarbonate monomer
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FeaturePolymer, heal thyself
Materials that can mend themselves sound like science fiction, but they are part of an active area of polymer chemistry. Nina Notman stitches together the different strands of research
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CareersPied Piper of chemistry
Andrea Sella is blowing the trumpet for chemistry, charming children and adults alike, as Nina Notman finds out
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Research
Haber-Bosch power consumption slashed
A new ruthenium catalyst has overcome poisoning problems that have plagued other catalysts
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FeatureClothing gets smart
The clothing of the future may be able to do much more than preserve one’s dignity. Nina Notman reports on what you can expect from the 21st century t-shirt
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CareersWrite all about it
Chemists with a nose for news and a flair for writing may enjoy life as a science writer, reports Nina Notman
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Research
Tweaked weighing scales help map the island of stability
Direct weighing of lawrencium points the way to finding elusive stable superheavy elements
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Research
Tracking chemical changes in the brain
The release of neurochemicals during deep brain stimulation has been tracked using electrochemistry
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CareersOn your marks, get set, go
Damian Bailey runs Nina Notman through the highs and lows of his career as an academic studying oxygen transport in the body
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FeatureDestroying war’s chemical legacy
The final deadline set by the Chemical Weapons Convention for destroying stockpiles of chemical agents has now passed. Nina Notman reports on progress worldwide
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