All Chemistry
The hidden power of mathematics
Added: 12 Dec 2019
As she gets set to tread the boards for the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Dr Hannah Fry tal…
Just good sense
Added: 29 Nov 2019
Síle Lane is on a mission to challenge misrepresentation of science and evidence. She is leading t…
Carbon nanotubes grown on newsprint
Added: 26 Nov 2019
Your old copies of Lab News may still have some unexpected uses in the lab…
Ethiopian ponds too extreme even for microbes
Added: 25 Nov 2019
European biologists have confirmed the one place on Earth where conditions are too extreme for life…
Why we need a science of science
Added: 25 Nov 2019
At the launch of a new initiative to understand how research is funded, practiced and evaluated, Pr…
Curiosity rover reveals oxygen spikes on Mars
Added: 15 Nov 2019
Readings from NASA’s Curiosity rover have revealed a surprising jump in oxygen in the Martian atmos…
Make ‘em laugh, make ‘em think…
Added: 11 Nov 2019
The Ig Nobel awards ceremony is a highlight of the scientific calendar with its celebration of unco…
Time to reconcile science and philosophy
Added: 4 Nov 2019
Despite close historical ties, philosophy and science have had a bumpy relationship in the modern e…
Pushing the lithium-ion limit
Added: 29 Oct 2019
As the global demand for consumer electronics, electric cars and renewable energy rise, the need fo…
More power to you
Added: 28 Oct 2019
Our need for battery power is insatiable and current lithium-ion anode technology just won’t cut it…
A bad acid trip
Added: 21 Oct 2019
Ocean acidifcation, the lesser known relative of global warming, causes particular damage to coral …
Rahko raises £1.3M for quantum chemistry simulation
Added: 18 Oct 2019
UCL spin-out Rahko has raised £1.3 million in seed funding to develop its machine learning-powered …
Wellcome Trust on the hunt for best public engagement
Added: 16 Oct 2019
The Wellcome Trust has launched an initiative to find the best examples of public engagement projec…
ESA opens calls for ISS lab upgrade
Added: 14 Oct 2019
The European Space Agency is looking for industry help to upgrade the Columbus laboratory aboard th…
Innovation and sustainability for your lab
Added: 14 Oct 2019
Source new technologies, future-proof your laboratory and find out ways to make procurement sustain…
Lithium-ion researchers win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Added: 9 Oct 2019
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three researchers for their work on the developmen…
Deep Carbon Observatory quantifies carbon emissions
Added: 8 Oct 2019
Humanity’s annual carbon emissions are between 40 to 100 times greater than all volcanic emissions,…
SERC experiments show CO2 stunts wetlands
Added: 27 Sep 2019
While CO2 is essential for plant growth, excessive CO2 in the atmosphere is stunting growth in mars…
Procarta awarded £7.4M for microbial treatment
Added: 23 Sep 2019
Biotechnology company Procarta Biosystems will receive up to £7.4 million to develop a new class of…
Law and disorder
Added: 23 Sep 2019
We have been working on Alzheimer’s for a long time… so where are all the therapeutic drugs? Here D…
