All articles by Emma Stoye – Page 16
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NewsSexual harassment cover ups putting students at risk
Campaigners level criticism at UK universities over use of non-disclosure agreements
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BusinessFatal incidents at two chemical plants
In recent weeks three people have been killed in chemical plant accidents in Malaysia and the US
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NewsVote rigging concerns hit chemistry society election
Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry will hold election again in light of suspicious result
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ResearchChemical powered robot octopus is a real softie
3D printed soft robot with no hard components opens way to more user-friendly machines
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ResearchNaturally occurring MOFs found in coal mine minerals
Rare minerals overturn conventional wisdom that metal–organic frameworks are only found in the lab
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ResearchMystery of black blotches on Smithsonian museum cleared up
Discolouration of iconic Washington, DC, building’s red stone is all down to a manganese oxide-rich rock varnish
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NewsEuropean regulator to look into tattoo inks
European Chemicals Agency may recommend an EU-wide ban on harmful ink components
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NewsHidden face revealed beneath Degas painting
Portrait reconstructed using x-ray fluorescence elemental maps
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NewsUnion worries that jobs will be lost at NPL
Cuts could hit 9% of scientists at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory as research strategy shifts
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ResearchOxygen measured for the first time in a galaxy far, far away
Data offers snapshot of evolving galaxy 12 billion light years away
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NewsFemtochemistry pioneer Ahmed Zewail dies
Chemistry Nobel laureate revolutionised study of reactions and was also helped craft US science policy
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ResearchHydrogel fulfils burning desire for dissolvable bandage
Burn dressing created that simply washes off, rather than having to be cut away could mean less pain for patients
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NewsWorld doping body reinstates Rio lab
Drug lab will test athletes’ samples for the Olympics after questions about standards at the facility led to suspension
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NewsIsraeli chemists urge government to ban chemical weapons
Open letter presses prime minister to ‘remove the curse of chemical weapons from the face of the Earth
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NewsNational Academies seek post-Brexit commitments
Seven leading scientific societies have published a joint statement of concern for the future of UK research and innovation
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NewsReshuffle sees Department for Energy and Climate Change scrapped
Universities and science are split across two departments but Jo Johnson remains in place as minister overseeing both
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NewsExplainer: what will Brexit mean for science?
We make sense of what the referendum decision will mean for the country’s universities, researchers and students
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NewsRoyal Society appoints new foreign secretary
Chemist Richard Catlow will oversee the society’s international activities from November
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NewsLondon mayor reveals plan to tackle pollution
Tough new measures include a £10 emissions charge in central London for the most polluting vehicles