All Atmospheric Chemistry
Are you ready for show time?
Added: 9 Sep 2019
Once again we are delighted to have partnered with the Lab Innovations show – and we want you to be…
Ghost of science future
Added: 2 Sep 2019
Well, here we are. Four months from the completion of the second decade in the third millennium.
A real chemical showman
Added: 28 Aug 2019
Science populariser and chemist extraordinaire Andrea Sella will be a keynote speaker at this year’…
Five things you learn from working in cleanrooms
Added: 19 Aug 2019
Want to avoid committing a serious faux pas before you start working in cleanrooms? That would be h…
Porous rocks support prebiotic evolution theory
Added: 7 Aug 2019
The water-air interface found at pores in volcanic rocks could have been the location of the chemic…
Reproducibility comes as standard (part 2)
Added: 5 Aug 2019
Science's reproducibility crisis is a big challenge and one that needs to be overcome quickly. In t…
Reproducibility comes as standard (part 1)
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Science's reproducibility crisis is a big challenge and one that needs to be overcome quickly. In t…
In his element
Added: 29 Jul 2019
We spoke to astrobiologist Robert Hazen whose new book, Symphony in C, draws parallels between carb…
Ozone smog will get worse with climate change
Added: 25 Jul 2019
Rising temperatures due to climate change will increase concentrations of ozone in the air to dange…
Reproducibility crisis
Added: 23 Jul 2019
Inadequate reporting, variability in reagents and the pressure to publish all contribute to the rep…
Symphony in C
Added: 22 Jul 2019
Composed in four movements, Symphony in C explores carbon’s multifaceted characteristics and its ro…
Water droplet
Added: 15 Jul 2019
This amazing image – Crack Patterns I, by Thomas Séon – shows a water droplet falling onto a silico…
Open University partners NASA for lunar instrument
Added: 15 Jul 2019
Open University scientists are working with NASA on a device that will detect water patterns for fu…
National Trust ends fossil fuel investments
Added: 4 Jul 2019
The National Trust has revealed that it will cease investment in fossil fuel companies in the inter…
The greenest lab equipment?
Added: 3 Jul 2019
I love my job. The main reason is that I help labs save vast amounts of money whilst fighting clima…
Glorious celebration of imposters
Added: 17 Jun 2019
Ever wondered, despite all your scientific expertise, if you’ll be uncovered as a fraud? Don’t worr…
Titrating talent
Added: 11 Jun 2019
More chemistry graduates leave science than stay in it… what can we do about that? Stuart Brown thi…
Just play the game
Added: 10 Jun 2019
Games have never been more popular – but can they really help in the teaching of science? You bet y…
Innovation in data collection
Added: 5 Jun 2019
There are many examples of product enhancements using improved design and or different materials to…
Alternative periodic tables
Added: 4 Jun 2019
In celebration of the International Year of the Periodic Table, we decided to tip our hat to some o…
