All Chemicals


Government challenged to ‘level up’ northern science park provision

Added: 24 Oct 2022

The head of a former Liverpool University spin-out has called on the Government to address the lack…

iiCON to expand pipeline following Research England funding boost   

Added: 11 Jul 2022

Research England has confirmed a grant of £1.7 million in new funding for iiCON – the Infection Inn…

Chemical compliance for the medtech industry: new whitepaper

Added: 27 Apr 2022

Chemical compounds are used both within the constituent materials used to make medical devices and …

Formaldehyde

The death of formaldehyde?

Added: 20 Feb 2020

Back in 2016, Formaldehyde was reclassified by the EU as a carcinogen – and it looks as though that…

Tecan’s Spark Cyto plate reader

Tecan unveils Spark Cyto plate reader with real-time image cytometry

Added: 30 Jun 2019

SLAS Europe 2019 provided the springboard for Tecan to showcase its Spark Cyto plate reader – offer…

Correct weight handling with carbon-tipped tweezers

Measurement science goes back to nature for landmark change

Added: 14 Nov 2018

As expected, more than 60 leading scientists attending the General Conference on Weights and Measur…

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Chemistry failing in battle for STEM recruits warns industry survey

Added: 15 Feb 2018

Shortcomings in academic teaching are making it harder to recruit STEM students as professional che…

Tattoo

Tattoo ink travels through the body in nano-form, scientists reveal

Added: 17 Sep 2017

Researchers at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have discovered tattoo ink travel…

Song Lin

Chemists use electricity to manufacture more environmentally friendly drugs

Added: 13 Aug 2017

Researchers at Cornell University say electrochemistry could be used to manufacture drugs in a more…

Google honours 'mother of vodka' and STEM heroine

Added: 10 Jul 2017

Google has used its famous daily doodle illustration to mark the anniversary of a remarkable 18th c…

lab

University of Nottingham invests £200m in multi-disciplinary research groups

Added: 25 Jun 2017

The University of Nottingham is to invest more than £200m in six multi-disciplinary research groups…

Microbeads

Bath University scientists to develop biodegradable microbeads

Added: 18 Jun 2017

Researchers supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) at the Univ…

Microorganisms adhere to surfaces, grow, and multiply to form a colony of cells

Correlating Antimicrobial Activity and Zeta Potential

Added: 8 May 2017

Anton Paar has published an Application Note on the use of zeta potential analysis in enabling the …

run

Training isn’t only way to increase endurance, new research shows

Added: 3 May 2017

New research published in the journal Cell Metabolism reveals training is just one way athletes cou…

Atrato ultrasonic flowmeter

Ultrasonic Flowmeter for Petrochemical Laboratory Testing

Added: 25 Apr 2017

The Atrato ultrasonic flowmeter from Titan Enterprises is highly suitable for petrochemical laborat…

arsenic microwave digestion

Arsenic levels in rice evaluated using microwave digestion

Added: 17 Mar 2017

Evaluation of the levels of many dangerous compounds in foodstuffs, such as those containing arseni…

gas

Cambridge scientists produce clean hydrogen from biomass

Added: 13 Mar 2017

Scientists at the University of Cambridge claim to have developed a method that uses nanoparticles …

caffeine

University fined £400k after caffeine experiment overdose

Added: 29 Jan 2017

The University of Northumbria at Newcastle has been fined £400,000 following a botched lab experime…

CO2

Recycled CO2 method could lead to biofuel production

Added: 8 Jan 2017

Researchers at the University of California have developed a new method of converting CO2 into carb…

Chemical industry

Minister says maintaining British chemical industry as world leader ‘vital’

Added: 18 Nov 2016

The UK’s role as a world leader in the chemical sector must be maintained after Brexit,  Minister f…