Discovery of microplastics in people raises difficult questions about health implications
2022-04-20T08:30:00+01:00By Anthony King
Scientists keep finding tiny polymer particles in lungs, blood and placentas – but what does that mean means for people’s health?
Light-driven molecular motor made from entirely renewable resources
2022-04-12T08:30:00+01:00By Tamara Kosikova
Green synthetic strategy leads to first light-driven molecular motor from wood biomass
Radiation discovered to be a major overlooked source of natural gas generation in shales
2022-04-11T13:30:00+01:00By Tim Wogan
Uranium and thorium may be responsible for producing a significant portion of hydrocarbons in some fracking wells
Massive Australian wildfires caused new damage to the ozone layer
2022-03-14T14:30:00+00:00By Tom Metcalfe
Smoke particles caused a drop in chlorine-binding chemicals that set back the ozone layer’s recovery by 10 years
Nanobots snap up pollutants with their polymer ‘hands’ to clean up water
2022-03-10T09:30:00+00:00By Anthony King
Magnetically-guided system can trap arsenic and herbicide atrazine
Dimethyl ether found in a planet-forming disc for the first time
2022-03-09T14:30:00+00:00By Rebecca Trager
Discovery of dimethyl ether, nitric oxide and other small molecules offers insight into early chemical evolution on planets