Interviews about Chemistry

What won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry?

What chemicals can we find on the planets outside our solar system?

Goldfish can survive the winter freeze using a genetic trick that allows them to convert lactic acid into alcohol.

A look at bioremediation and how microbes may help us clean up nuclear waste.

A team of real life spidermen at Cambridge University have invented a new, greener, cleaner form of artificial spider...

Harnessing liquid water from water vapour in the air could help millions experiencing water shortages.

Could detecting an atmosphere on an exoplanet suggest life outside our Solar System?

Destroying the cells controlling the build-up of fat tissue causes mice to become obese with no change in diet.

How and why are they so much more efficient than a standard light bulb?

Scientists have tied the world's smallest knot; less than a millionth of a millimetre across.

From bean to cup: how do you brew a coffee?

What happens to a hen's egg left soaking for a day or two in vinegar?

How do we find DNA? And can we use sequencing to work out what's in our smoothie?

Could we examine DNA that is 3.8 million years old?

When we're searching for life in our universe, what are we looking for?

...and they're a thousand times thinner than a human hair.

Will the new ban on microbeads make a difference?

The Royal Society for Public Health recently called for drugs to be decriminalised but what were their reasons?

The Olympics are only just beginning but stories of doping have been filling the papers for months. So what's the...

Researchers may have found a tiny solution for storing big data.

The UK's leading academies have issued a joint statement on the key priorities for UK science after the referendum.

What's happening inside the engine to keep your car moving?

Is there any way to change the petrol fractions of crude oil so they can work in a diesel engine?

What are biofuels made from and are they any better than fossil fuels?