Other lives: Aspiring chemist who aimed to work in nanotechnology
August 2023
‘Endless possibilities’: the chemists changing molecules atom by atom
A new method called ‘skeletal editing’ offers a hugely simplified way to alter matter, paving the way for world-changing innovations in personalised medicine and sustainable plastics
July 2023
‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power
Tesla speculated electricity from thin air was possible – now the question is whether it will be possible to harness it on the scale needed to power our homes
August 2022
Eureka science prizes: Justin Yerbury wins research honour for work on motor neurone disease
Biosecurity expert, recycling pioneer and nanomaterials engineer among other Australian scientists recognised with awards
May 2022
Magnets made by soil bacteria offer hope for breast and prostate cancer
Scientists at Sheffield University have found a novel way of guiding anti-tumour viruses to their target
September 2021
Oxford Covid biotech firm makes stellar debut on London stock market
How ‘wonder material’ graphene became a national security concern
Oxford Covid biotech firm plans £2.4bn flotation on LSE
UK orders national security review of graphene firm’s takeover by Chinese scientist
March 2021
Nils Pratley on finance
Oxford Nanopore float offers London a proper tech future
Nils Pratley
Planned IPO of life science group will test LSE’s appetite for funding high-growth tech
February 2020
Researchers claim solar efficiency breakthrough for flexible 'skin'
Engineers at the University of Queensland say technology could be used to power small devices, such as a phone, within two years
December 2019
Project Syndicate economists
Economic growth is the best way to raise living standards
Michael Boskin
Maximising output and finding better ways to measure it should be policymakers’ priority
November 2018
Paul O’Brien obituary
Materials chemist who perfected nanoscientific techniques and enabled important advances in electronics
May 2018
Genomics and nanotechnology to benefit from $393m research funding boost
Government allocates new funding after recommendations from chief scientist Alan Finkel
February 2018
The darkest building on Earth: 'An angular black hole waiting to suck you in'
Natural painkiller nasal spray could replace addictive opioids, trial indicates
August 2017
Nanochip could heal injuries or regrow organs with one touch, say researchers
A tiny device that sits on the skin and uses an electric field to reprogramme cells could be a breakthrough in the way we treat injured or ageing tissue
July 2017
Economics viewpoint
Governments have to invest in the fourth industrial revolution
Larry Elliott
Nanomaterial magic: from a window to a mirror with the flick of a switch
April 2017
Notes & Theories
Could a new approach to kill cancer at nanoscale work?
A laser weapons physicist has come up with a novel treatment for the disease – blowing up the cancer cells in infinitely small explosions
