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Marie Paulze Lavoisier with her husband Antoine

People in Science

Marie Paulze Lavoisier

French chemist and noblewoman

Shelves full of Walkers crisps

Chemistry

Crisp packets made of a new material could be much easier to recycle

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Antoine Lavoisier

People in Science

Antoine Lavoisier

Lise Meitner

People in Science

Lise Meitner

man sniffing

Life

What makes a good smell? Inside a multibillion dollar aromatic mystery

Features

It would take huge amounts of clean energy to make the chemicals industry go green

Environment

Greening the chemical industry requires massive amount of renewables

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Hell's Gate in New Zealand is being used as an open-air laboratory

Life

Scientists dunked test tubes in hot springs to recreate life’s origins

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chemical plant

Chemistry

Clever chemistry could make fertiliser with a smaller carbon footprint

News

NGC 7027 nebula

Space

We’ve found the first type of molecule to form after the big bang

News

Urine in a pot

Chemistry

A gel made from urea has molecules that resemble friendship bracelets

A gel made from urea, the main compound in urine, spontaneously forms braided nanofibres that could help with engineering new medicines

News

Physics

The story of the most beautiful table in science is worth celebrating

Leader

Physics

Here's my favourite element – what's yours?

Features

Physics

Inside the Russian factory making the heaviest atoms in the universe

Features

Physics

Elements quiz: How well do you know the periodic table?

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