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Agency supports continued use of pesticide class that is harmful to pollinators

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It’s just over three decades since myself and Mrs Sciencebase toured Australia. We started in Melbourne and took a greyhound West, up through the Red Centre, to Darwin, back down and then East to Townsville and Cairns and then South along the coast and back to Melbourne. It was during an air strike, we couldn’t … Continue reading "Another ancient anecdote"

U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling explains why the government is focusing on academic researchers

Two Pipistrelle Bats flying around the corner of a pasture field at the edge of Rampton Spinney at lunchtime today. Pipistrelle comes from the Latin word for bat, which is vespertilio, which literally means evening bird (as in “vespers”). We usually two to three Pipistrelles circulating in our back garden on balmy, calm summer evenings. … Continue reading "I must be going batty"

In our atmosphere, strange dense patches of charged air sometimes bounce radio waves around and disrupt radar – and now they have been spotted on Mars

First-of-its-kind reaction creates stereocentres by stitching together racemic nucleophiles and electrophiles

The story of ‘Bung’, and your opinions on patent law, pollution and safety

Astronomers have spotted a star that is exploding with a brightness 100 times less than expected – and it’s a mystery exactly why the explosion is so dim

Photoreactive monomers need close scrutiny for production of polypills

The company’s multi-purpose coating concept can increase the fuel efficiency of ships and reduce the risk of infection in hospitals

The economic shockwaves of coronavirus may eclipse those caused by the 2003 SARS pandemic, as analysts downgrade their forecasts for China's growth

A trial in South Africa was halted after early analysis found no protection

A traveler to Germany from China who infected another person did feel ill, contradicting New England Journal of Medicine report

Critics say Mabel Gisela Torres Torres backed “pseudoscience”

Download the puzzles from the February print issue of Chemistry World

Claire Jarvis looks at ongoing work to prevent the disease – and convince a sceptical community of their seriousness

Work at the forefront of nuclear know-how and UK counter-terrorism

Scientists share insights on Reading Scientific Service Limited’s apprenticeship scheme and advise their former selves

Making medicines that change people’s lives is what AstraZeneca does, and so could you

How an AstraZeneca apprentice solved the business-wide problem of drug compound solubility

At Sellafield, we’re true pioneers. We led the world in nuclear power production, now we’re the world’s first movers into environmental remediation

Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) is a cutting-edge contract research organisation based in Berkshire, UK

Harnessing science and technology to protect the UK, and the rest of the world too

From creating life-saving drugs to life-changing technologies, making a difference through candidates is in our DNA