All articles by Jamie Durrani – Page 5
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NewsExplainer: 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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NewsSequencing 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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NewsGenetically modified purple tomatoes receive US approval
Home growers will be able to purchase seeds from spring 2023
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Feature50 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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ResearchExplaining the mysterious purple gold at Spain's Alhambra
Chemical corrosion converts gold leaf into purple nanospheres
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ResearchQuantum dot matrix printer creates 3D structures
Nanocrystals used as 3D printer ink, without the need for an organic matrix
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NewsDisquiet 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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ResearchPerseverance 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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Research3D 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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OpinionOn the brink of a damaging departure from EU research
Uncertainty in British politics is a headache for UK researchers
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NewsFrozen out of Horizon Europe, Swiss science feels the pinch
Researchers rue lost opportunities and fear long period in the wilderness
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NewsUK’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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NewsChief 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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NewsUK 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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NewsEuropean parliament labels nuclear and gas investments as ‘environmentally sustainable’ activities
Decision branded a disgrace by environmental groups
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NewsChemistry 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
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ResearchUK’s first ‘industrial scale’ carbon capture plant opens in Cheshire
40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide will be captured each year at Tata Chemicals Europe facility
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NewsMedical research charities report £260 million shortfall due to pandemic
The impact of Covid-19 on fundraising efforts sees charities slash research support