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• Blooming tiny: nano flowers, ferns and gold stars – in pictures

  Gallery (9 pictures), 4 Oct 2013:

  This month's collection of images from the world of nanotechnology includes the tiniest of flowers, minuscule gold stars, and crystal layers that could replace silicon as the main building block of the information age

• Element of the week: seaborgium

  4 Oct 2013:

  GrrlScientist: The ongoing controversy over naming rights

• The science and magic of jam-making

  3 Oct 2013:

  Commercial jams are the sickly sweet sisters of homemade jam, but a grasp of the science will help you get yours just right, says Andy Connelly

• Element of the week: dubnium

  27 Sep 2013:

  GrrlScientist: What do joliotium, nielsbohrium and hahnium share in common?

• MacArthur Foundation genius grants – the winners

  25 Sep 2013:

  The 24 fellows who will each receive $625,000 over the next five years from the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation

• Element of the week: rutherfordium | video

  20 Sep 2013:

  GrrlScientist: Why do the new elements have symbols filled with all those "u's"?

• Sarin: the deadly history of the nerve agent used in Syria

  17 Sep 2013:

  The UN has confirmed that the chemical used in Damascus last month was sarin – a lethal poison with no taste, no smell and no colour. Which makes it one of the most murderous weapons in modern warfare

• Nobel science prize laureates: where are they born and where do they work?

  Interactive, 14 Sep 2013:

  Use the drop-down menu to compare countries where Nobel science laureates are born and the locations where prizewinning work takes place

• Element of the week: lawrencium | video

  13 Sep 2013:

  GrrlScientist: this element was named for the inventor of the circular particle accelerator

• The weird world of the incredibly small – in pictures

  Gallery (11 pictures), 6 Sep 2013:

  This month's collection of postcards from the nanoworld includes bleached hair, a component from a quantum computer, a fleck of Victorian paint and one of the creatures that helped build the White Cliffs of Dover

• Element of the week: nobelium | video

  6 Sep 2013:

  GrrlScientist: Even today, this is one of the most mysterious of all known elements

• Heparin, grad students, a clinical revolution and giving credit where it's due

  4 Sep 2013:

  Richard P Grant: The story of a student who overcame remarkable odds only to be denied his moment of glory, or a tale of deceit and devilish doings?

• The Underground Map of the Elements

  3 Sep 2013:

  Mark Lorch: Crossing the periodic table with a London Underground map highlights some key characteristics of the chemical elements

• Martin Low obituary

  2 Sep 2013: Other lives: Pioneering biochemist who helped to uncover new knowledge about how cells work

• Element of the week: mendelevium | video

  30 Aug 2013:

  GrrlScientist: This element is the first that was man-made in the laboratory, one atom at a time

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