All articles by Nina Notman – Page 6
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FeatureA fluid idea, with holes
Nina Notman talks to the chemists who are making the seemingly implausible materials coined ‘porous liquids’
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NewsThis year’s chemistry Nobel prize made simple
What is cryo-electron microscopy and how has it changed the world?
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FeatureCarbon dioxide gets stoned
Locking Earth’s excess carbon dioxide away by turning it into rock
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SoundbiteTime to get out the vitamin D
Nina Notman looks at recent advice to start popping vitamin D supplements during the shorter days
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FeatureTo boldly go where no analytical instrument has gone before
Nina Notman meets the chemist behind the mass spectrometer onboard the Philae lander
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SoundbiteHarry Kroto: a fond farewell
Nina Notman pays her respects to Harry Kroto, a co-discover of the buckyball
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FeatureScaling new peaks
Nina Notman admires the plethora of different uses for the separation techniques known collectively as chromatography
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SoundbiteHydrogen falls apart under pressure
Nina Notman learns that the simplest element in the universe is actually quite complex when put under pressure
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SoundbiteBreathing batteries for electric cars
Nina Notman discovers how air could power the transport of the future
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SoundbitePluto goes under the spectroscope
Nina Notman probes the mission that is boldly going where no spacecraft has gone before
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SoundbiteNailing salon safety
Nina Notman digs her nails into the unsafe working conditions of the US manicure industry
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SoundbiteDual personality of light caught on camera
Is it a wave or is it a particle? We might know the answer, (Spoiler alert: it’s both!) but it is reassuring nonetheless to see the pictures that prove it, says Nina Notman
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SoundbiteA comet starts to tell its watery tale
Nina Notman probes what measurements taken onboard the Rosetta spacecraft mean for our understanding of the origin of water on Earth
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SoundbiteFaster, higher, stronger ... fairly
Nina Notman investigates the recent ban on athletes inhaling noble gases
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FeatureClimate research heats up
Nina Notman meets some of the atmospheric chemists fitting the pieces of the climate change jigsaw together
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FeatureSupporting diversity and encouraging inclusion
Positive role models are key to attracting a more diverse section of society to the chemical sciences.
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SoundbiteBark beetles eat Beatle’s memorial tree
Nina Notman discovers at how bark beetles are destroying pine trees at an alarming rate