Scientific discoveries can emerge from the strangest places. In early 1900s France, the doctor Albert Calmette and the veterinarian Camille Guérin aimed to discover how…
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‘Forever chemical’ in English tap water samples carcinogenic, WHO rules
A substance found in hundreds of drinking water samples across England has been categorised as carcinogenic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The move will…
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Astronomers have witnessed the creation of rare heavy elements in the aftermath of a violent collision between two neutron stars that were booted out of…
View More Creation of rare heavy elements witnessed in neutron-star collisionScientists create world’s most water-resistant surface
Scientists have created the most water-resistant surface in the world, a development which could banish household tasks and revolutionise industry. A research team in Finland,…
View More Scientists create world’s most water-resistant surfaceScientists share Nobel prize in chemistry for quantum dots discovery
Two American scientists and a Russian have been awarded the 2023 Nobel prize in chemistry for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots, which helped…
View More Scientists share Nobel prize in chemistry for quantum dots discoveryScientists whose work enabled mRNA Covid vaccine win medicine Nobel prize
Two scientists have been awarded the 2023 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for their contributions to RNA biology that contributed to the unprecedented rate…
View More Scientists whose work enabled mRNA Covid vaccine win medicine Nobel prize‘Look back and marvel’: how will today’s science be viewed in 2123?
As the Royal Society launches its Summer Science exhibition, including a display of what was cutting-edge science in 1923, we ask experts what the world…
View More ‘Look back and marvel’: how will today’s science be viewed in 2123?Use of antibiotics in farming ‘endangering human immune system’
The blanket use of antibiotics in farming has led to the emergence of bacteria that are more resistant to the human immune system, scientists have…
View More Use of antibiotics in farming ‘endangering human immune system’Researchers discover two new minerals on meteorite grounded in Somalia
A team of researchers in Canada say they have discovered two new minerals – and potentially a third – after analysing a slice of a…
View More Researchers discover two new minerals on meteorite grounded in SomaliaThree ‘click chemistry’ scientists share Nobel prize
Three scientists who fuelled a revolution in chemistry by devising a way to “click” molecules together like Lego bricks, even inside living organisms, have been…
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