All articles by Patrick Walter
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NewsTwelve Nobel laureates tell us about winning chemistry’s biggest prize
Winners from the last two decades look back on the day a call from Stockholm changed their lives
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NewsWith departments and courses facing closures UK chemistry needs a new hero
Harry Kroto’s star status helped to save the subject 20 years ago
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OpinionScience needs to get its house in order when it comes to energy use and waste
Labs have an outsized environmental footprint but solutions are within reach
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OpinionRemembering Flixborough: 50 years on from one of the chemical industry’s deadliest disasters
The legacy of one of the UK’s worst industrial accidents is a safer industry
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OpinionHumphry Davy’s whole story – warts and all – deserves to be told
Offensive comments about other races and cultures are part of his legacy too
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NewsWhat’s the most expensive piece of glassware you ever broke? Chemists share their stories
Question on social media strikes a chord as scientists share their smashing tales
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NewsFive of our favourite Christmas chemistrees from 2023
Students and scientists have been getting festive again at schools and labs around the world
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OpinionOne year on from ChatGPT’s launch does it offer hope or hype for science?
Chatbots could help chemists but their limitations need to be understood
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OpinionThe PFAS problem in everyone’s back yard
Communities around the world will have to get to grips with a new pollution problem that will cost billions to address
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NewsThe 2023 Nobel prize in chemistry as it happens – live
Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov win chemistry Nobel for quantum dots
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OpinionThe UK has rejoined Horizon Europe, but the delays have been costly
The deal to rejoin the EU’s science programme makes sense for the country and it’s well overdue
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OpinionThe end of chemical warfare
With a final push we might see these terrible weapons disappear from the world in our lifetime
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NewsChemical weapons watchdog opens new lab as end nears for deadly munitions
New facility will allow OPCW to address changing nature of threat from chemical weapons
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OpinionNursing success – what next for UK science?
Policy prescriptions for research need cross-party support
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OpinionA decade on Crispr is already poised to deliver on its promise
Gene editing could transform healthcare but no disease should be forgotten
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OpinionWe’re all in this together
As rivalry between countries increases scientific collaboration must be maintained to tackle our shared problems
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OpinionTrouble at the top of the UK government spells trouble for science too
Science craves certainty but the UK hasn’t been able to deliver it recently