Laura Howes
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Brent Sumerlin: Searching for a sweet response
Brent Sumerlin tells Laura Howes he always knew he wanted to be a polymer chemist
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Novartis to shut Horsham site
UK research centre closure to result in the loss of 371 jobs as firm consolidates its global R&D base
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UK failing to capitalise on graphene
Graphene may have been discovered in the UK, but report warns that country’s industry is falling behind global competitors
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DuPont expands Chinese site
Chemical firm’s Shanghai based R&D centre will grow by 17,500 square metres and house 150 more researchers
ResearchThe dance of glass atoms caught on tape
Real-time footage of silica rearrangements under stress will help understand the material
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Chemist sentenced to life
Tianle Li, who poisoned her husband with thallium, has been sentenced to life imprisonment
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Twisting molecules for faster reactions
Technique probes how different conformers react and discovers one reaction proceeds 50% faster for one conformer over the other
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Senate bill aims to soothe helium market
US government looks to continue the sell off its helium stockpile but price rises may cost research dear
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Cork taint shuts down your nose
Off smell and taste in wine might not be caused by chemicals that smell bad, but by chemicals that stop us smelling
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What happens when you perturb the system?
David Smith tells Laura Howes how molecules take on personalities
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Taking temperature with a temporary tattoo
John Rogers' flexible electronics are given another application
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Nanoscale Squid can measure single electron
Tiny loops measure the magnetic moment of electrons as it scans across a surface
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New oxidation state of uranium discovered
30 year search is over as uranium is shown to have a +2 oxidation state in addition to its others
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Water acts as a lubricant for molecular machines
Dutch chemists say the same might also be true for enzymes and other biological molecules