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Silicon is a very common element. Its abundance makes it cheap, and its qualities as a semiconductor (conducting electricity under some conditions and acting as an insulator under others) make it extremely important as the basis of most of the electronic devices we use.
Poliakoff on silicon

Lab on a chip
At the George Green Institute for Electromagnetics Research spectroscopy is being used to find new ways of detecting illness at an early stage. June 2019
A quantum leap
Pushing the boundaries of additive manufacturing. June 2019
Sediments reveal climate clues
‘Living deltas’ offer clues towards building a picture of environmental change over time. June 2019
Small is beautiful
Periodic table with a difference: marking 150 years and the only living person with an element named after him. June 2019
The story of glass
How studying the chemical composition of ancient glass objects reveals a hidden past June 2019

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Periodic Table of Nottingham

We asked the lovely people of Nottingham to tell us what each chemical element meant to them. As a result, we have created our very own version of the periodic table including Nottingham related elements such as HP Sauce, Nesh and Sir Peter Mansfield.

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Silicon: The element of the future

Lab on a chip

A quantum leap

Sediments reveal climate clues

Small is beautiful

The story of glass

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