All Atmospheric Chemistry


Essex glassblowers announce £1.2M expansion

Added: 31 May 2019

Scientific equipment manufacturer Radleys has invested more than £1.2 million in a new glassblowing…

Brexit bomb

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 15 May 2019

In the shifting sands of Brexit, there are some things of which we can be sure. And one of them fee…

One man’s trash

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 7 Mar 2019

Plastics have become a deeply worrying environmental issue, but it is unlikely that demand will dro…

Supercomputer models cloud microphysics

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 11 Apr 2018

An international group of researchers have for the first time accurately calculated the effects of …

Small particles lead to big storms

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 19 Feb 2018

Even the tiniest of particles from human emissions can fuel powerful storms and influence weather a…

A distinctly combinatorial approach

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 12 Feb 2018

As energy costs go up, will we be able to leverage the power of the sun to produce chemicals? Meet …

Exploding stars have a link to climate change

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 22 Jan 2018

Cosmic rays from supernovae can influence Earth's cloud cover and thereby climate according to new …

Breathable atmosphere down to fungi

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 12 Jan 2018

A team from Leeds University have shown that fungi were essential in the creation of an oxygen-rich…

Taking on the resistance

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 12 Jan 2018

It is no secret that there is a desperate need for a response to antimicrobial resistance, so what …

Giant volcanic eruption drove historic global warming event

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 8 Dec 2017

New research by a group of international scientists suggests that an extreme global warming event 5…

Volcanic eruption linked to El Niño

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 5 Dec 2017

Researchers at Rutgers University have discovered that large volcanic eruptions can prompt El Niño …

Putting it all on the table

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 19 Jun 2017

In 2015 four new elements were added to the periodic table. They remain – as do many of the heavy e…

Using chemistry to get knotted

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 18 May 2017

Chemists at the University of Manchester have managed to tie a rather unusual knot – in fact it is …

To commercialise great science, inspire young scientists

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 11 May 2017

Steve Bennett thinks that developing and commercialising great science is really very simple… it st…

Evolution held back by lack of oxygen

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 21 Feb 2017

Evolution on earth was delayed by two billion years because of low level atmospheric oxygen, accord…

Ready for a fully energised lecture?

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 12 Dec 2016

The Christmas Lectures have been a key part of the Royal Institution’s science outreach since 1825.…

Upgraded spectrometer able to analyse outer space

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 18 May 2016

A spectrometer has had its capabilities extended to identify large, complex molecular structures fo…

Chef de science

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 4 May 2016

Professor Peter Barnham speaks on the science of molecular gastronomy.

Harnessing the quantum world

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 2 Mar 2016

Professor Raymond Laflamme describes the quantum world, and details the biggest challenges involved…

Mind on matter - Mark Miodownik speaks up for Materials Science

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 14 Sep 2015

Professor Mark Miodownik, Materials Scientist, Engineer and Broadcaster tells us about his current …