Category: 6. Chemistry

The first bulk synthesis of hexagonal diamond marks a milestone for carbon allotropes, offering researchers an opportunity to extensively characterise this unique material.

Diamond is one of the hardest materials known to exist in nature,…

Elementle 

The aim of Elementle is to guess the element correctly by typing guesses into the search bar. Each attempt shows whether the letters of the element’s symbol are correct, with the same in-game colours as Wordle – a yellow square…

Benzene’s links to dyes and petrol

I loved the benzene issue.

I am old enough to remember UK National Benzole petrol stations. Coal tar benzole was largely a mixture of benzene and toluene, which had a far higher antiknock (octane number)…

Next week, negotiators from almost every UN member state will meet in Switzerland to thrash out the final details of a global treaty to end plastic pollution. The discussions have dragged on for over three years and were supposed to conclude at a…