Category Archives: Highlights

As the means of creating the color black have changed, so have the subjects it represents.

To make the economic case for research, scientists need to understand how commercialisation works.

Four-atom copper fragments speed up greenhouse gas conversion without piling on the pressure

The Oxford physicist is racing to bring perovskite solar cells to market

Silica nanoparticles encapsulate peppermint oil droplets to break through microbial defenses.

Will a new expert panel be any more effective than a chief science adviser?

Composer Sara Lowes has teamed up with materials scientist Cinzia Casiraghi at the University of Manchester, UK. The result, Lowes’ six-part Graphene Suite, premieres next week at the Graphene Week 2015 conference in Manchester. Lowes and Casiraghi talk crotchets, carbon … Continue reading →

Although the wonder material is being made in record volume, commercial success is elusive.

The public does not fear chemists, says Mark Peplow, it simply doesn’t know about them. Chemists must respond with better communication.

Fermentation process could be used to produce thousands of plant-based pharmaceuticals, but raises the spectre of illicit drug production.