All articles by Emma Stoye – Page 8
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ResearchBendy bling: researchers make flexible diamonds
Deformable diamond nano-needles offer new opportunities for allotrope
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NewsChemical weapons watchdog confirms UK’s nerve agent findings
Independent international investigators verify that a Novichok agent was used in attempted assassination of former Russian spy in Salisbury
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NewsRoyal Institution back in the black
Debt-free RI celebrates having turned round its finances after making a surplus for the second year in a row
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ReviewExhibition: Deconstructing patterns
This year’s exhibition at the Francis Crick Insitute mixes art and science
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NewsRoyal Society of Chemistry publishes gender pay gap data
Society has wage gap of 15.7% as women fill more junior and admin positions
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NewsMore kids draw scientists as women than ever before
Children’s ideas of who can be a scientist appear to have tracked societal changes over the last 50 years
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NewsAcademics are workaholics, survey finds
Pressure at universities blamed for researchers’ poor work habits at Norwegian institutes
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NewsUK to invest £48 million in new chemical weapons defence centre
Announcement comes in the wake of poisoning of Russian ex-spy with nerve agent
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NewsScience campaign group calls for immigration reform
Current restrictions could lead to skills shortages and hamper UK research
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NewsRussian Novichok nerve agent linked to attack on ex-spy
The top secret ‘newcomer’ chemical weapons were developed in the 1970s to evade detection by Nato soldiers
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NewsNerve agent was behind attack on former Russian spy
UK authorities know which agent was used to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter but are keeping this secret as inquiries continue
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NewsStrike action hits chemistry departments across the UK
Row over pensions has seen staff walk out for five days with another nine days of strikes planned
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NewsLego leaves behind fossil fuel plastics in search for sustainable blocks
Botanical blocks are being produced using bioethanol from sugarcane
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NewsEuropean research policy chief replaced in reshuffle
Robert-Jan Smits was one of the most powerful people in EU R&D and instrumental in the development of the massive Horizon 2020 science programme
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OpinionWhen it comes to diversity, actions speak louder than graphs
There can be such a thing as too much data
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ResearchGraphene burnt onto toast with laser precision
Technique offers way to add electronic best before tags to food
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NewsTracker to name and shame for failure to report clinical trial results
Developers of online tool hope that it will improve accountability
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NewsFDA approves new way to make medical imaging isotope
System will be the US’s first domestic source of molybdenum-99 for 30 years
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NewsNew director for Royal Institution
Institute troubled by past financial difficulties to be helmed by engineer with business and academic experience
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NewsWellcome Trust publishes gender pay gap
Women working at the charity earn 20% less than men on average