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21 April 2011
Countless atomic recipes and crystal arrangements mean there are literally trillions of possible materials that could...
19 January 2011
Niraj Lal looks at a growing part of our electrical future: the solar cell...
16 October 2010
First came fire. Cavemen rubbed sticks together and there it was, a source of ‘artificial’ heat and light, giving us...
01 October 2010
Bees are being trained to detect drugs and explosives...
25 October 2008
Surprising as it sounds, one of the world's top tipples a century ago was laced with cocaine. And although the...
16 July 2008
Simpsons fans will know only too well the opening sequence to the cartoon in which Homer discovers, during his commute...
22 December 2007
Snowflakes form when water vapour condenses directly into ice crystals, and for many years writers have used their...
06 November 2007
Ask anyone who made the world’s best violins and they’ll inevitably answer "Stradivari". But science is...
14 July 2007
Why re-invent the wheel when Nature has already come up with the best solution? Becky Poole explores the field of...
07 July 2007
Mention plastics and most people think of polythenes, perspex and other oil-based nasties that never break down. But...
03 June 2007
Contrary to what Hollywood would have you believe, although it’s almost impossible to escape from quicksand, it's...
13 April 2007
By now we’re familiar with apocalyptic visions of a scorched and flooded world ravished by global warming. But this...
21 March 2007
As the world focuses on carbon dioxide, are more dangerous agents of global warming creeping up unnoticed? Lucy...
19 April 2006
Scheele was the first to isolate Hydrogen cyanide in 1782 then went on to show its toxic effects by accidentally...
23 November 2005
Nature produces a seemingly limitless number of compounds that are valuable for treating disease. Over 30% of the top-...
18 May 2005
Photo-therapy is the term used to describe treatments which use light to achieve their effects. But how do these work...
11 May 2005
The recently discovered traces of ricin in a makeshift laboratory in a flat in London have caused a media frenzy over...
16 March 2005
The chemistry of cooking, including what chemical changes occur in food when we cook it, and how taste and flavour work...
26 January 2005
A report was published warning that Britain's prosperity will suffer if the government does not come up with new...
22 September 2004
Water, with its incredible properties, is considered an essential ingredient for life. But how does it contribute to...
08 September 2004
By the year 2020, the number of people in the world suffering from blindness will have risen to 45 million. The vast...
18 August 2004
Nanomedicine, nanotechnology and nanoengineering are the future of science and medicine. Barry Gibb describes how the...
11 August 2004
I am organising a public event in Oxford entitled "The Science of Wine Tasting"...