April 20, 2024

Developers responsible for a new microscope say its improved technology enables the instrument to visualise complex electron spin states in materials.

Materials, Physics & Engineering

Materials, Materials Science, Particle Physics

April 15, 2024

This year’s version of the CHEMUK show is the largest ever but it also has an enhanced focus on the chemical laboratory, which has its dedicated zone and programme.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Biology, Biotech, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Pharmaceutical, Policy

April 14, 2024

Researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) have introduced a new method for creating the finely structured hydrogels, termed ‘kirigami hydrogels’ expanding possibilities in the field of soft...

Materials, Physics & Engineering

Chemical Engineering, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology

April 13, 2024

Tributes been made worldwide to Peter Higgs, the Nobel-winning physicist who gave his name to the Higgs boson subatomic particle and whose work altered understanding of the universe.

Condensed Matter Physics, Energy, Particle Physics, Physics, Policy

March 18, 2024

When the Royal Society of Chemistry began to tackle the barriers to disabled entrants to the profession, it threw up as many questions as answers, says Emrys Travis.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy

March 18, 2024

Aston University is to host a doctoral training centre to train a new generation of scientists to head the implementation of the UK’s net zero targets.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Botany, Chemical Engineering, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Environment, Green Chemistry, Health & Safety, Materials Science

March 12, 2024

We are hoodwinked by algorithms. They are seen as guiding lights; in reality they are error-prone arbiters that replace human ingenuity with mechanical inflexibility.

March 10, 2024

Ground vibrations picked up at a remote seismic station a decade ago and attributed to a meteor may have a more mundane origin, suggests new research.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Geology, Materials, Oceanography, Physics

February 19, 2024

Digital hackers may be the bigger threat but don’t overlook the need for safeguards against more commonplace errors, details Ellie Gabel.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Energy, Environment, Health & Safety, Policy

February 19, 2024

UK Space Agency funding will enable university based scientists to be involved in a raft international missions to the Moon, Mars and Venus.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Astrophysics, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Environment, Materials, Molecular Biology, Policy