All articles by Emma Stoye – Page 13
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ResearchGoogle Street View cars map methane leaks in major US cities
Cars fitted with methane analysers flag streets in Boston, New York and Indianapolis where subterranean pipes are in need of repair
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NewsGlyphosate is not carcinogenic, EU chemicals association concludes
Evaluation clears the way for long term authorisation of herbicide
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ResearchUnique proteins give water bears extreme drought tolerance
Glassy proteins allow tardigrades to survive being dried out for more than a decade
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NewsAustralian Climate Institute to close
Funding shortfall means climate organisation will not run beyond June 2017
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ResearchReplication proteins send signals along DNA ‘wire’
DNA charge transport enables handover from one enzyme to another
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate George Olah dies aged 89
Olah was the sole recipient of the 1994 chemistry Nobel prize for his work on carbocations
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ResearchFive new artificial yeast chromosomes made
The artificial yeast genome is now around a third complete
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NewsFunding for 1000 new PhDs announced in UK budget
Chancellor also commits funding for technical education and disruptive technologies
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ResearchExcess VW emissions could cause 1200 deaths
Nitrogen oxides pollution from cars with emissions cheating devices could mean some die a decade earlier
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ResearchNew type of metal–organic compound discovered in meteorites
Magnesium complex could offer new insights into formation of our solar system
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NewsGroup to train scientists for political office in response to Trump presidency
Worried by the position science now holds in US politics thousands of scientists are signing up to become candidates
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NewsBalancing capability strategy brings better news for chemistry
The EPSRC has released its projections for which research areas will grow and which will reduce after a ‘longer, more systematic’ consultation.
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NewsMRI pioneer Peter Mansfield dies
Physicist who won medicine Nobel prize in 2003 for body scanning technology has died aged 83
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News€1 million prize awarded for quick test to cut antibiotic use
Diagnostic device could help fight antimicrobial resistance by determining whether or not an infection is caused by bacteria
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NewsUK university applications fell 5% following Brexit
But fall in applications is less dramatic in physical science subjects
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NewsChemistry department evacuated after student accidentally makes explosive
Reports claim TATP synthesised by mistake at the University of Bristol
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NewsMark Walport named as new head of UKRI
Chief scientific adviser will lead UK’s new research organisation
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NewsAlzheimer’s disease: have drug developers been on the wrong track?
Dementia drug developers urged to look beyond amyloid
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NewsUniversity fined in caffeine overdose case
Students given 100 times more caffeine than intended as a result of potentially lethal miscalculation
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ResearchNon-Newtonian saliva gives frog’s tongue sticking power
Discovery offers route to frog-inspired adhesives