5+ hour, 23+ min ago   (376+ words) It's one of the most famous scientific installations in the world " and it's getting a cool upgrade. Physicists use the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), buried in the ground on the border between France and Switzerland, to unravel secrets of the…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (813+ words) Prof Higgs was a researcher at Edinburgh University in 1964 when he predicted the existence of a new particle, also dubbed the "God particle" The late Prof Peter Higgs has gifted his Nobel Prize medal to the university where he proposed…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (998+ words) The lab is run by Oxford PV, a spin-off from Oxford University, one of several start-ups around the world developing what some argue is the game-changing next generation of solar power: tandem perovskite solar cells. Perovskite is a mineral first…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (444+ words) The Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M Yaghi for their work on metal organic frameworks. The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences at a news conference in…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (623+ words) Modern analysis techniques have been used to determine the original substance was a form of honey Chemists have identified a residue found in 2,500-year-old bronze jars as honey, solving a "decades-old archaeological puzzle". The discovery was made by the University…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1408+ words) The James Webb Space Telescope recently detected the coldest ices ever in outer space, something Nasa scientists think could explain the origins of life on Earth. Sam and Neil talk about science and teach you related vocabulary. We know ice…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (601+ words) A chemical that scientists worry might have an impact on human reproduction has been found in rivers across the UK. Researchers from York University analysed samples from 32 rivers in all the UK's 4 nations and found traces of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)…...

7+ mon, 3+ day ago   (257+ words) Chemical reactions are the backbone of modern society: the energy we use, the medicines we take, our housing materials, even the foods we eat, are created by reacting different substances together. If ... The Life Scientific - Dame Pratibha Gai on training…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (597+ words) Part of Chemistry (Single Science)Bonding, structure and the properties of matter Welcome to our online chemistry lab where you can learn more about changes of state. Interact with the activity to see what happens at the particle level when…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (379+ words) Part of Chemistry (Single Science)Bonding, structure and the properties of matter Don't forget to take a ruler and calculator into the exam. Maths questions often start with the command word calculate. You need to use numbers given in the…...