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Planned shutdown is part of a shift toward specialties at the silicone firm

Black students are only one quarter as likely to study for a PhD than their white counterparts

New analysis of data from the Dawn spacecraft suggests there may be a liquid water ocean beneath the Occator crater on Ceres, the largest asteroid in the solar system

By studying a fabric’s weave, it’s possible to design an environmentally friendly silicone coating for the individual fibres that makes the material oil and water-repellent

If you’ve spent even just one of the recent spate of sultry summer nights outside, you may, if you closed your eyes briefly, be forgiven for imagining that the village had been lifted wholesale and transported to a balmy beach resort, a little farther than Bournemouth and certainly not northwards to Barnard Castle, say somewhere … Continue reading "House Cricket in Cottenham"

One-pot photoredox method ditches aromatic chemistry

Study reveals importance of repulsive interactions

Glue ear, a condition caused by sticky fluid in the middle part of the ear, can burst the eardrum in severe cases, and tissue taken from pig intestines could be used to patch up the hole

Claire Jarvis talks to the scientists trying to find new drugs to treat the inherited lung condition

Modifying octanal produces hard-to-get information about olfactory receptors

Study is first to detail impacts of dirty air on insect health

Physical chemist and prolific author of textbooks and popular-science books