Chemistry

Nature

Scientists step inside the secret world of tomato communication

Heirloom vs hybrid tomatoes: Scientists find organic plants can fight off caterpillars better.

29/01/2024

Food and Drink

Salt in tea? US scientist brews controversial diplomatic storm

It’s (maybe) war – and Euronews Culture give you the skinny on what could escalate into something very nasty indeed.

25/01/2024

Health news

Scientists destroy 99% of cancer cells in lab using this new technique

The early-stage research - which saw 99 per cent of melanoma cells eradicated in a lab - could provide new cancer treatment options, experts say.

08/01/2024

Health news

From mRNA to attoseconds: The discoveries behind the 2023 Nobel prizes

The scientific discoveries behind the 2023 Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry are impacting how we live our lives.

04/10/2023

Tech News

Nobel Chemistry Prize for quantum dot technology

Scientists Moungi Bawendi and Louis Brus are American and Alexei Ekimov is Russian. The prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and is worth 11m Swedish kronor (€947,700).

04/10/2023

Europe News

Belgian town living through 'forever chemical' pollution nightmare

PFAS are a group of over 9,000 man-made chemicals that are used in products including textiles, cars and electronics.

13/03/2023

USA

Air and water near toxic train derailment are safe: EPA

The head of the EPA in the United State states has tried to reassure residents of East Palestine that their drinking water and air are safe after a train derailed, creating a toxic plume of chemicals.

17/02/2023

Tech News

How will the work of this year’s Nobel Prize winners change our lives?

You may not know much about click chemistry and quantum entanglement but it will have a huge impact on our futures. Here’s how.

06/10/2022

Sweden

Benjamin List and David MacMillan win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Benjamin List and David MacMillan win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

06/10/2021

Eco-Innovation

The future of plastic recycling could be in this classic ice cream

Bacteria could help turn plastic waste into this classic ice cream flavouring.

15/06/2021

Hungary

COVID vaccine biochemist was listed as Communist-era police informant

Katalin was recruited in 1978 but she says that she never filed a report for Hungary's feared State Security Service. She has been tipped as a potential Nobel Prize winner.

24/05/2021

Eco-Innovation

Meet clean energy’s unlikely secret weapon: Scented candles

Batteries derived from organic materials are clean energy’s fresh focus.

24/05/2021

Sweden

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna win Nobel Prize

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna were awarded for discovering 'genetic scissors', a tool for 'rewriting the code of life'.

07/10/2020

World News

Do lithium-ion batteries really deserve a Nobel Prize?

The invention of the lithium-ion batteries -awarded with the 2019 Chemistry Nobel- has undoubtfully changed our societies, but it is not without a high environmental cost.

10/10/2019

Sweden

Scientists win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for lithium-ion batteries

Three scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing lithium-ion batteries.

09/10/2019

World

The chemist who might overcome malaria [Inspire Africa]

Malaria remains the deadliest disease on the continent, claiming the highest number of victims than any other every year. Enter University of Cape Town Professor, Kelly Chibale. The Zambian chemist

27/11/2018