Kit Chapman
Chemistry World
United Kingdom
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Under pressure? Room temperature superconductivity paper retracted over data analysis
Questions over treatment of data led Nature to remove the paper over the authors' objections → Read More
Technique can characterise actinides with just a microgram of a heavy element
Use of polyoxometalates offers chance to conduct in-depth research on heavy actinides chemistry → Read More
Chemistry textbooks still portray men as scientists while women perform domestic duties
Unequal representation in terms of both roles and the number of women featured revealed → Read More
Uranium’s strong covalent bond breaks periodic table predictions
Actinide's unusual covalency could explain its ability to fix nitrogen → Read More
Sartan contaminant recall hits generics manufacturers
Three European suppliers recalling multiple batches of medicines owing to active ingredient contamination → Read More
Oldest human-made quasicrystal discovered in remains of first nuclear blast
Almost 76 years ago, US scientists set off the first nuclear bomb – and accidentally created the first synthetic quasicrystal → Read More
Lightest uranium isotope yet reveals nuclear stability secrets
Discovery offers new insight into isotopic stability seen at 'magic numbers' → Read More
The Middle East’s synchrotron is open Sesame
How difficult is it to build a world-class research facility in the Middle East? Kit Chapman investigates → Read More
Polly Arnold’s diversity of interests
Kit Chapman asks the champion of actinide chemistry and diversity in science what comes next as she starts her new role at a US national lab → Read More
Atom-by-atom experiments at the edge of the periodic table
Only a few atoms of oganesson have ever been made - and they all vanished in less time than it took you to read this → Read More
Superheavy oganesson is a semiconductor
The heaviest element known continues to defy the rules of the periodic table → Read More
Exhibition: Celebrating the Periodic Table
A new exhibition at Cambridge University pays tribute to the chemical elements and their discoverers → Read More
Have we solved chemistry?
A new book suggests chemistry is over 90% ‘complete’ – and that could be a good thing → Read More
Is there a future for chemists in São Paulo?
Brazil's largest city has opportunities as well as risks for scientists → Read More
So, your colleague is a racist...
James Watson’s lab mates should not be blamed for his horrible views → Read More
Pfizer to close two manufacturing plants in India
Closures will lead to the loss of 1700 jobs – almost 6% of the pharma giant’s manufacturing workforce → Read More
Minds do matter
Now is the time to think about mental health in the lab → Read More
How to be a chemical tourist
Why I travel the world in the name of science Ytterby is tiny. It’s basically a bus stop, a few houses, and a set of steps up to a rocky ravine. White Sands Missile Range, deep in the big empty heart of New Mexico, is even more Spartan. There, the only residents are ants obsessed with radioactive material and military personnel testing the latest toys in the US arsenal. But both sites still… → Read More
Seeking a career in Portugal
A pay cut might be on the cards, but the country has a lot to offer → Read More
Low-background steel
Post-nuclear steel is a little bit radioactive, so for some specialist jobs we need to find a source of steel from before the bomb → Read More