Jennifer Newton
Chemistry World
United Kingdom
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Past articles by Jennifer:
N-heterocyclic carbenes are more than passive spectators
The practical importance of N-heterocyclic carbenes continues to grow → Read More
Why glycans?
Glycoscience is turning out to be more interesting than anyone might have imagined → Read More
Water pipe progress
Even on the nanoscale, water keeps us guessing Billions of people around the world lack access to clean water – if not every day, then at some point during the year. Climate change, population growth and industrialisation means water scarcity is only set to get worse. Water desalination and purification strategies are therefore on many chemists’ agendas. Cells possess water transport proteins… → Read More
This computational chemist is experimentalists’ secret weapon in the hunt for new materials
Kim Jelfs discusses how software development feeds - and needs - collaboration → Read More
Al(I)-chemy
Subvalent aluminium compounds are making new reactions possible → Read More
Appreciating sterics
How can chemists quantify steric effects when they struggle to define them? → Read More
Chemical upcycling
Economics is central to invigorating the transition to a circular economy for plastic → Read More
Book club – Handmade by Anna Ploszajski
How do you make a chemical-resistant beaker out of a material as fragile as glass? And how do you tell the temperature of a piece of steel without a thermometer? These are questions Anna Ploszajski tackles in her book Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making. A materials scientist, engineer, science communicator and occasional stand-up comedian, Ploszajski explores the domain of… → Read More
Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making
Anna Ploszajski Bloomsbury Sigma 2021 | 320pp | £17.99 ISBN 9781472971074 Were you one of the many people who took up crafting during the past year of lockdowns? Maybe you were already aware of the powerful mental health benefits of making something with your own hands? The things we make tell our stories, but the materials we craft with have stories of their own. Conceived and researched before… → Read More
All systems go
Boundaries encourage complex chemistry, but originality is important too → Read More
Beautiful molecules ring up with a purpose
How Stephen Goldup used his experience in organic synthesis to find a supramolecular niche → Read More
The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
A book about world-changing inventions, crammed with fascinating stories you’ve probably never heard of → Read More
Introducing chirality to give organic electronics a twist
Medicinal molecules and electronic materials aren't often found in the same research group. Meet Matthew Fuchter, who's excelling at both → Read More
Time for a clear stance on raw NMR data storage
Impressive technological tools are pointless without data transparency → Read More
Unlocking geological time capsules with analytical chemistry
Blavatnik award winner Kirsty Penkman discusses her research developing techniques to date fossils → Read More
Bonding rethinks keep chemistry healthy
Give your chemical intuition a regular workout The season of resolutions is upon us. Chemistry World obviously isn’t the place to find an article on faddy new year diets, but some of our stories from the end of last year might have given you the impression that chemists were preparing to give up electrons in 2020. Instead, they’re opting for entropic and positronic bonds. When I think of… → Read More
Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty and Time
A fast-paced journey through the entire history of humans, trying to answer the question of what makes us different from other animals → Read More
Electrolytes are no longer a postscript to the battery story
Just because electrolytes are effectively inert, doesn't mean they can't be sophisticated → Read More
Righting history
Archaeology can offer unique perspectives on our place in the world, but the field has some challenges to overcome along the way → Read More
Smartly dressed
Smart materials are edging closer to being useful Smart devices now encompass much more than just smartphones. Voice-controlled smart speakers and wearable health gadgets are merely a preamble to technology infiltrating the minutiae of our homes and lives. A Market Research Engine report published a couple of weeks ago forecasts the wearable devices market to be worth $67 billion by 2024.… → Read More