Jonelle Harvey

Research
All-organic polymer dielectrics designed to withstand extreme conditions
2022-04-13T08:30:00
A mix of freely rotatable structural groups along a polymer backbone featuring rigid and flexible moieties defines a new class of all-organic flexible polymers with high electric and thermal stability
Research
HPLC alternative purifies peptide cocktails in record time
2021-02-15T09:41:00
Reductively cleavable brominated peptide linker unlocks contamination-free traceless release from solid support
Research
New carbon allotrope predicted to hit bandgap sweet spot
2020-09-30T14:21:00
Mixed hybridisations of carbon could see Me-graphene have a Poisson’s ratio close to zero
Review
Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic
2020-06-19T08:30:00
Journalist Ben Westhoff lifts the lid on the biggest drugs crisis to have ever hit the western world
Review
Scientifica Historica: How the World’s Great Science Books Chart the History of Knowledge
2020-02-21T09:37:00
A book about books by veteran science communicator Brian Clegg
Podcast
You Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane – Book club
2020-01-29T09:30:00
We talk about Janelle Shane’s dive into the depths of AI weirdness
Review
Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic
2019-12-06T09:26:00
A doctor’s story about his fight against drug-resistant microbes that threaten the future of medicine
Review
Incredible Journeys: Exploring the Wonders of Animal Navigation
2019-08-23T14:30:00
David Barrie introduces amazing animal navigators, from bacteria and butterflies to pigeons and crocodiles
Review
Experiencing the Impossible: The Science of Magic
2019-06-28T14:30:00
Jonelle Harvey may not be sold on magic tricks, but Gustav Kuhn’s book has given her food for thought
Review
Chasing the Sun: The New Science of Sunlight and How it Shapes Our Bodies and Minds
2019-05-17T09:30:00
Jonelle Harvey takes us through Linda Geddes’ new book
Review
The Weather Detective: Rediscovering Nature’s Secret Signs
2018-12-21T14:30:00
Peter Wohlleben’s book shows urbanites how to re-connect with nature through the weather
Research
Liquid analysis simultaneously checks for 71 elements
2018-12-21T09:30:00
Technique delivers elemental fingerprint of everything from water to wine in minutes
Research
Terbium complex completes heavy lanthanide metallocenium family
2018-08-30T15:25:00
Introducing terbocenium, a new heavy lanthanide sandwich complex that will add to molecular scale data storage studies
Review
At Least Know This: Essential science to enhance your life
2018-08-24T14:30:00
Author Guy Harrison unpicks the complex answers to simple questions
Research
New route to +3 oxidation state of neptunium
2018-06-04T11:43:00
Tetrahydrofuran steers chemists towards a low-valent neptunium precursor
Research
Fertiliser research sees urea enter the co-crystal palace
2018-04-13T14:53:00
New formulations get a handle on urea’s problematic properties
Review
A lab of one’s own: science and suffrage in the first world war
2018-04-06T12:00:00
Exploring the contributions and struggles of female scientists 100 years ago
Review
The radium girls: the dark story of America’s shining women
2017-08-18T14:00:00
A reminder of where health and safety came from, and why it is so very important for progress
Review
The planet in a pebble: a journey into Earth's deep history
2017-07-14T11:00:00
How the interplay between physics, chemistry, biology and geology forms our world