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EU drive to increase expertise on chemical effects on humans

January 5, 2017
An EU-backed study is to begin this month to increase the number of researchers able to assess the impact of chemicals on the human endocrine system.

Chemists find novel method to control catalysis

December 19, 2016
Scientists in Canada have discovered a novel technique that enables them to manipulate catalytic reactions.

Elemental discovery points to history of water on Mars

December 19, 2016
Boron has been detected for the first time on planet Mars, indicating the presence of long-term groundwater in the past.

Clam shells detail millennium of change

December 14, 2016
A US scientist has created, for the first time, a 1,000 year record of ocean climate change – using clam shells.

Scientists calculate future benefits of electric vehicles

November 22, 2016
Electric vehicles that run on batteries instead of hydrogen fuel cells are more likely to be environmentally friendly in the future, according to researchers from California and Munich. The scientists...

Accidental greenhouse gas to fuel process discovered

October 21, 2016
Scientists have accidentally discovered a way to convert carbon dioxide solution to ethanol.

Industrial Fellowships for promising researchers

October 5, 2016
The Royal Commission of the Exhibition of 1851 has awarded 10 early-career engineers and scientists £80,000 each to fund potential profitable technologies.

World’s smallest machines scoop Chemistry Nobel

October 5, 2016
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for their design and production of molecular machines.The collective work of Sauvage (University of Strasbourg,...

US scientists observe chemical reaction for the first time

October 4, 2016
Scientists have used a specific type of X-ray to study a never-seen-before chemical reaction.

Library of pharma compounds open for researchers

September 28, 2016
In conjunction with the Medical Research Council, six global drug companies have released 47 deprioritised pharmaceutical compounds for scientists.

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