With N2 O emissions up 40% in four decades, scientists are searching for answers. Anthony King looks at potential solutions ...

James Watson, who shared the Nobel prize for his work on DNA’s molecular structure, has died at the age of 97.

Animal tests show promise to target invasive strain of E. coli but approval for use in humans is still years away ...

Pilot-scale production achieved a fibre fineness similar to wool and a little coarser than cotton. The researchers also ...

A survey of chemists’ attitudes to correcting errors in scientific publications shows most prefer to discuss them informally ...

Thiophenes are widely used motifs in drugs and many organic semiconductor materials, the latter due to thiophene’s conjugated ...

‘The UK has experienced sluggish productivity growth and near-flat real wages since the global financial crisis,’ says Robert ...

Two new catalytic strategies offer ways to boost the Fischer–Tropsch process by preventing competing side reactions. The ...

Readers discuss sustainable fuels, the magic of the placebo effect and the deaths of DFT and expensive calculators ...

University of Nebraska's drug design centre director is communicating his team's scientific breakthroughs with tattoos and ...

Pfizer and Novo Nordisk have locked horns in a bidding war over Metsera – a US-based biotech in the process of developing new ...

Further restrictions could be put on academics that are already struggling with being limited to five hours research a week ...