All articles by Jamie Durrani – Page 5
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Research
Counting charge on a single nanoparticle
Electron holography enables new insights into catalytic particles
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News
UK science minister finally appointed, as universities face funding squeeze on budgets
Nusrat Ghani given science brief during period of considerable uncertainty with Horizon Europe membership still not finalised and soaring energy prices
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News
Explainer: why have bioorthogonal and click chemistry won the 2022 Nobel prize?
Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless have won the 2022 Nobel prize in chemistry – find out why
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News
Sequencing of genomes of ancient human relatives takes medicine Nobel prize
Svante Pääbo’s team sequenced the Neanderthal genome and discovered a previously unknown hominin
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News
Genetically modified purple tomatoes receive US approval
Home growers will be able to purchase seeds from spring 2023
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Feature
50 years of artemisinin
Jamie Durrani tells the story of how a wonder drug against malaria was discovered from a plant in a secret Chinese military project
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Research
Explaining the mysterious purple gold at Spain's Alhambra
Chemical corrosion converts gold leaf into purple nanospheres
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Research
Quantum dot matrix printer creates 3D structures
Nanocrystals used as 3D printer ink, without the need for an organic matrix
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News
Disquiet in research community as science minister yet to materialise in Truss’s government
Incoming prime minister faces tough challenges on science, energy and environment
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Research
Perseverance rover reveals rocks on Mars were repeatedly exposed to liquid water
Suite of analytical tools provides new insight into red planet’s geochemistry
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Research
3D printing allows blind chemists to visualise scientific data
Lithophanes produced with a basic 3D printer can make research findings more accessible
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Opinion
On the brink of a damaging departure from EU research
Uncertainty in British politics is a headache for UK researchers
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News
Frozen out of Horizon Europe, Swiss science feels the pinch
Researchers rue lost opportunities and fear long period in the wilderness
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News
UK’s post-Horizon Europe backup plan revealed
Questions remain for ‘plan B’ proposals should the UK crash out of EU’s research programmes
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News
Chief executive and chair appointed to new UK blue skies research agency
Ilan Gur and Matt Clifford will bring commercial expertise to Aria
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News
UK without science minister as Horizon Europe uncertainty rumbles on
Government rejects George Freeman’s offer to continue in role over summer
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News
European parliament labels nuclear and gas investments as ‘environmentally sustainable’ activities
Decision branded a disgrace by environmental groups
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News
Chemistry Nobel laureate Robert Curl dies at 88
Curl’s passing means that all three scientists who won the 1996 chemistry Nobel prize for discovering fullerenes are gone