All articles by Emma Stoye – Page 24
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ResearchTaj Mahal browning due to light-absorbing particles
Researchers have identified the pollutants behind the marble monument’s gradual colour change
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ResearchDNA origami makes moving machines
Hinge-like structures can open and close again and again on binding of DNA
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ResearchProtein mutant libraries to probe diseases' genetic link quickly and cheaply
More than 90% of the potential individual amino acid mutations possible introduced into cancer-linked protein
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NewsPost publication peer review comes of age
Websites like PubPeer are letting scientists have frank conversations about research but have led to accusations of bullying and personal attacks
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NewsFormer Royal Society of Chemistry president dies
Polymer chemist and past chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Anthony Ledwith has died aged 81
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ResearchCutting edge chemistry in 2014
We take a look back at the year’s most interesting chemical science stories
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ResearchPhilae detects organics on comet's surface
Scientists get first measurements from historic comet landing
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Watching chemical gardens grow
Researchers explore the flower-like formations of cobalt chloride in waterglass
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ResearchPressure-sensitive coating makes swallowed batteries safer
Anode composite could end thousands of life-threatening incidents when children ingest button batteries
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ResearchDNA 'barcodes' used to track food
Milk has been successfully tracked as it is turned into cheese and yogurt in an advance that could fight food fraud
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Financial hurdles prevent women returning to STEM
Survey suggests women in science and engineering careers find it hard to return to work following a break
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Research2D arsenic allotrope predicted
Graphene-like monolayer could be made by exfoliating grey arsenic
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FeatureThe resolution revolution
Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy earned three of its creators a Nobel prize this year. Emma Stoye focuses in on their story
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Iridium forms compound in +9 oxidation state
Iridium oxide cation made by pulsed-laser vaporisation in the gas phase
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NewsSuper-resolution light microscopy wins chemistry Nobel
Prize goes to three chemists who overcame the diffraction limit to allow optical microscopy at the nanoscale
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NewsInventors of blue LED win physics Nobel
Japanese trio awarded Nobel prize in physics for work that led to the development of the elusive blue light emitting diode
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ResearchBRCA2 protein imaged for first time
Insights into DNA repair mechanism could pave the way for new cancer therapies
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Juncker names new science commissioner
Portuguese secretary of state Carlos Moedas will be the next European commissioner for research, science and innovation
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NewsFirst flexible graphene display paves the way for folding electronics
Team behind the bendy e-reader display hope to have a full colour graphene-based smartphone style screen within a year