All articles by Emma Stoye – Page 10
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NewsLatest threats to UK science from Brexit reveal risk of brain drain
Survey reveals UK could lose talented scientists and face problems with funding and leadership
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NewsGeorge de Hevesy’s chemistry Nobel medal up for auction
Collection of medals of radiochemist who hid two other Nobel laureates’ gold medals from the Nazis by dissolving them is expected to fetch £120,000
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NewsThe Mpemba effect: fact or fiction?
Why freezing ice cream 50 years ago put science in hot water
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NewsPatrick Vallance named as UK’s next chief scientific adviser
GlaxoSmithKline’s head of R&D will take up new post in March 2018
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NewsChemists' PhD dance gets people’s choice award
Annual dance award recognises communication of PhD research to the general public
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ResearchError-free next-generation DNA sequencing pioneered
Algorithmic fix allows ultra-accurate sequencing of rare cancers and genetic conditions
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NewsHinshelwood’s 1956 chemistry Nobel prize medal to be auctioned
Medal is believed to be one of just eight ever sold
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NewsMen ask more questions than women at science conferences
Study at international science congress reveals male attendees ask 1.8 questions for every one asked by a woman
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ResearchCrispr gene editor can now alter RNA as well as DNA
Gene editing technique is developing apace with two new technologies unveiled
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NewsNew guidelines to standardise toxicity testing for nanomaterials
OECD hopes methods will ensure companies are singing from same song sheet on nanosafety
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NewsEPSRC chief executive will stay on for another six months
Philip Nelson will remain head of UK physical sciences agency as research councils merge to form UKRI
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NewsUniversities to be assessed on business collaborations
Ref and Tef are set to be joined by Kef – the Knowledge Exchange Framework – in a new ranking to assess commercialisation of research
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NewsChemists don't think their field is innovative enough
Nearly 80% of chemists polled by Reaxys think people are drawn towards more ‘newsworthy’ research
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ResearchCarbon fibre gets a colourful makeover
Titanium dioxide structures allow super strong material to ditch dull reputation
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NewsVirtually chemistry
Gaming-style tech is putting the fun into fundamental molecular simulations
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NewsCentral European University set to be saved as deadline passes
Hungarian university hopes international agreement will allow it to continue teaching
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NewsBan on the sale of acids to under-18s planned in UK
Home secretary announces measures to combat acid attacks
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ResearchCometary chloromethane detection scuppers use of chemical in hunt for ET
Organohalogen found simultaneously in the tail of a comet and the cloud surrounding a protostar
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ResearchNeonicotinoids detected in honey samples from around the world
Survey confirms bees’ widespread exposure to controversial pesticides
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NewsPhysiology Nobel goes to circadian clock scientists
Prize for scientists that unravelled how animals’ bodies keep time