Julia Robinson
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Science Correspondent @ChemistryWorld / DM or robinsonj@rsc.org / Best Writer (News) BSME Talent Awards 2023
Last week Susumu Kitagawa, Omar Yaghi and Richard Robson were awarded the #Nobelprize in #chemistry for their work developing metal-organic frameworks. Here I tell the story of how MOFs came to be - incl. an interview with Kitagawa himself! www.chemistryworld.com/features/how... @chemistryworld.com
How the pioneers of metal-organic frameworks won the Nobel prize
From wooden models to thousands and thousands of structures, Julia Robinson tells the story of how Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry
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October 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Last week Susumu Kitagawa, Omar Yaghi and Richard Robson were awarded the #Nobelprize in #chemistry for their work developing metal-organic frameworks. Here I tell the story of how MOFs came to be - incl. an interview with Kitagawa himself! www.chemistryworld.com/features/how... @chemistryworld.com
The 2025 #NobelPrize in physiology or medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell & Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries regarding the role of regulatory T cells in keeping the immune system in check. Read more here: www.chemistryworld.com/news/medicin... @chemistryworld.com
Medicine Nobel prize recognises discovery of protective ‘security guard’ regulatory T cells
Research explained how body protects itself from the immune system, offering new ways to treat autoimmune disease
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October 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The 2025 #NobelPrize in physiology or medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell & Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries regarding the role of regulatory T cells in keeping the immune system in check. Read more here: www.chemistryworld.com/news/medicin... @chemistryworld.com
With 2 weeks until the chemistry Nobel prize is revealed,
@clarivate.com has released its annual list of citation laureates - researchers who have had their work cited >2000x. But how does it decide who will make the cut? Find out here: www.chemistryworld.com/news/how-doe... @chemistryworld.com
@clarivate.com has released its annual list of citation laureates - researchers who have had their work cited >2000x. But how does it decide who will make the cut? Find out here: www.chemistryworld.com/news/how-doe... @chemistryworld.com
How does Clarivate pick its potential Nobel prize winners?
Chemistry World talks to the head of research analysis at the Institute for Science Information on how they decide which researchers are producing Nobel-worthy research
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September 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
With 2 weeks until the chemistry Nobel prize is revealed,
@clarivate.com has released its annual list of citation laureates - researchers who have had their work cited >2000x. But how does it decide who will make the cut? Find out here: www.chemistryworld.com/news/how-doe... @chemistryworld.com
@clarivate.com has released its annual list of citation laureates - researchers who have had their work cited >2000x. But how does it decide who will make the cut? Find out here: www.chemistryworld.com/news/how-doe... @chemistryworld.com
On 1 September, TPO – a chemical in gel nail polish – was banned in the EU after animal studies suggested it could be toxic to human reproduction. The news has prompted a lot of concern - this explainer tells you what you need to know: www.chemistryworld.com/news/why-has... @chemistryworld.com
Why has the EU banned a key chemical in gel nail products?
Trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide is a photo-initiator used to harden nail polish under UV light
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September 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
On 1 September, TPO – a chemical in gel nail polish – was banned in the EU after animal studies suggested it could be toxic to human reproduction. The news has prompted a lot of concern - this explainer tells you what you need to know: www.chemistryworld.com/news/why-has... @chemistryworld.com
University chemistry departments & course closures in the UK is leading to the emergence of ‘cold spots’ - areas where the subject cannot be studied within a reasonable travel time - says @rsc.org. Students from lower SE backgrounds could be affected the most: www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemist...
Chemistry ‘cold spots’ emerging across the UK, RSC warns
Some regions face a future with fewer chemists
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July 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
University chemistry departments & course closures in the UK is leading to the emergence of ‘cold spots’ - areas where the subject cannot be studied within a reasonable travel time - says @rsc.org. Students from lower SE backgrounds could be affected the most: www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemist...
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Why have women taken a back seat in the medical industry for so many years? Join us on 28 August to hear from two researchers – Bronwyn Graham and Francesca E Duncan – who are leading the charge to have women's health better represented and understood.
Women’s health: insights in research and inclusion
Learn about the history and importance of the gender gap currently impacting women's health sciences - Join us on 28 August
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July 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Why have women taken a back seat in the medical industry for so many years? Join us on 28 August to hear from two researchers – Bronwyn Graham and Francesca E Duncan – who are leading the charge to have women's health better represented and understood.
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Do we need a #ChemSky thread on insects in chemistry? This is a great article by @robinson-julia.bsky.social and it reminded me of the polystyrene munching Zophobas morio larvae from a few years back…
By feeding tobacco cutworm larvae a diet of boiled kidney beans and agar with nanocarbon substrate, researchers synthesised oxygen-doped molecular nanocarbons.
‘This is an alternative, crazy option for synthetic chemists, for making molecules’
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‘This is an alternative, crazy option for synthetic chemists, for making molecules’
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Caterpillars become ‘crazy option for synthetic chemists’ to make oxygen-doped nanocarbons
In-insect synthesis could offer new routes to reach hard-to-make molecules
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June 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Do we need a #ChemSky thread on insects in chemistry? This is a great article by @robinson-julia.bsky.social and it reminded me of the polystyrene munching Zophobas morio larvae from a few years back…
From 1 June 2025, it will be illegal for businesses to sell or supply single-use vapes. In our latest explainer @adamcvean.bsky.social tells you everything you need to know about exactly what this means and why it is happening: www.chemistryworld.com/news/explain... @chemistryworld.com
Explainer: Why is the UK banning disposable vapes?
Prior to the ban, almost seventy million single-use e-cigarettes were being discarded each year in the UK - containing enough lithium for a thousand electric vehicle batteries
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May 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
From 1 June 2025, it will be illegal for businesses to sell or supply single-use vapes. In our latest explainer @adamcvean.bsky.social tells you everything you need to know about exactly what this means and why it is happening: www.chemistryworld.com/news/explain... @chemistryworld.com
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Historically, sex and gender have been ignored when it comes to medical research, and it's led to a big difference in our understanding of women's health. @robinson-julia.bsky.social talks to the researchers and clinicians trying to address that gap.
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Fixing medicine’s gender gap
For centuries, the default subject in medicine research and training has been the male. Julia Robinson talks to the scientists and clinicians trying to improve things for the other 51% of humanity
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May 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Historically, sex and gender have been ignored when it comes to medical research, and it's led to a big difference in our understanding of women's health. @robinson-julia.bsky.social talks to the researchers and clinicians trying to address that gap.
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🚨 Today @chemistryworld.com launched a new collection on women's health. From menstruation to menopause, the articles reveal the stark gaps in medical research that have left women overlooked for far too long, and the people working to change the narrative: www.chemistryworld.com/collections/... 🔬💊
Women's health | Chemistry World
Many medical conditions affect only women, or affect them disproportionately, but women's health has historically been neglected in medical research. In this collection, we look at the gender gap in h...
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May 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🚨 Today @chemistryworld.com launched a new collection on women's health. From menstruation to menopause, the articles reveal the stark gaps in medical research that have left women overlooked for far too long, and the people working to change the narrative: www.chemistryworld.com/collections/... 🔬💊
Over the past 3 years Web of Science owner @clarivate.com has been getting tougher on journals that fail to meet its quality criteria. I chatted to EIC Nandita Quaderi about why this is the case & how AI is helping them catch bad actors: www.chemistryworld.com/news/how-cla... @chemistryworld.com
How Clarivate is clamping down on bad actors in academic publishing
Clarivate's Nandita Quaderi tells Chemistry World why the firm has recently delisted over 100 journals
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May 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Over the past 3 years Web of Science owner @clarivate.com has been getting tougher on journals that fail to meet its quality criteria. I chatted to EIC Nandita Quaderi about why this is the case & how AI is helping them catch bad actors: www.chemistryworld.com/news/how-cla... @chemistryworld.com
With their bright colours & fruit flavours, slushies are enticing to children, but they are linked to more & more cases of glycerol intoxication. Experts now advise that children under 8 should steer well clear. Read more in our explainer: www.chemistryworld.com/news/why-are... @chemistryworld.com
Why are public health experts calling for new warnings on sugar-free slushies?
Reports of children falling ill have led to calls for public health advice to be updated
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March 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
With their bright colours & fruit flavours, slushies are enticing to children, but they are linked to more & more cases of glycerol intoxication. Experts now advise that children under 8 should steer well clear. Read more in our explainer: www.chemistryworld.com/news/why-are... @chemistryworld.com
In the latest chapter on the future of university #chemistry departments - Cardiff University has proposed merging chemistry with two other science schools to form a new school of natural sciences; up to 10 jobs in chemistry are at risk if plans go ahead: www.chemistryworld.com/news/cardiff...
Cardiff University proposes merging chemistry department with other schools
Up to 10 chemistry staff could be made redundant under the proposals
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February 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In the latest chapter on the future of university #chemistry departments - Cardiff University has proposed merging chemistry with two other science schools to form a new school of natural sciences; up to 10 jobs in chemistry are at risk if plans go ahead: www.chemistryworld.com/news/cardiff...
Are #hydrogen cars the future of motoring? Some manufacturers are still optimistic - with new models set to be released in the coming years - but others think the race has already been run. Find out why in my latest piece for @chemistryworld.com www.chemistryworld.com/news/is-hydr...
Is hydrogen the future for cars? Manufacturers haven’t given up on it yet
Zero-emissions cars are dominated by batteries but some carmakers think hydrogen still has a part to play
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January 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Are #hydrogen cars the future of motoring? Some manufacturers are still optimistic - with new models set to be released in the coming years - but others think the race has already been run. Find out why in my latest piece for @chemistryworld.com www.chemistryworld.com/news/is-hydr...
‘We received a large volume of correspondence that made it clear that students, employers and the chemistry and wider scientific community were concerned...' The full story on the University of Reading has now been published @chemistryworld.bsky.social: www.chemistryworld.com/news/repriev...
Reprieve for University of Reading’s chemistry department but redundancies loom
Proposed closure has been averted although MSc and MChem programmes will end
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November 29, 2024 at 10:27 AM
‘We received a large volume of correspondence that made it clear that students, employers and the chemistry and wider scientific community were concerned...' The full story on the University of Reading has now been published @chemistryworld.bsky.social: www.chemistryworld.com/news/repriev...
Great to hear the news that the University of Reading council has decided that the department of #chemistry will be retained/not be merged into the school of pharmacy. There will be some restructuring but for now the department will stay open. Full story to come soon @chemistryworld.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Great to hear the news that the University of Reading council has decided that the department of #chemistry will be retained/not be merged into the school of pharmacy. There will be some restructuring but for now the department will stay open. Full story to come soon @chemistryworld.bsky.social
And, if you're interested in reading more about the current health of chemistry - from school level all the way to academia - our analysis (which we've been working on for most of the year!) is now online: www.chemistryworld.com/features/the...
The health of chemistry across the pipeline
More students in the UK are studying chemistry at A-level than 20 years ago, but how does that translate to universities?
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November 19, 2024 at 5:39 PM
And, if you're interested in reading more about the current health of chemistry - from school level all the way to academia - our analysis (which we've been working on for most of the year!) is now online: www.chemistryworld.com/features/the...
While I hate for my first post to be a negative one, this is an important one - the department of chemistry at the University of Reading is facing closure, the 4th possible closure to be announced this year in the UK. A final decision is to be made tomorrow: www.chemistryworld.com/news/univers...
University of Reading proposes closing its chemistry department next year
The university joins several others that are considering the future of their departments and undergraduate programmes
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November 19, 2024 at 5:37 PM
While I hate for my first post to be a negative one, this is an important one - the department of chemistry at the University of Reading is facing closure, the 4th possible closure to be announced this year in the UK. A final decision is to be made tomorrow: www.chemistryworld.com/news/univers...