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Kit Chapman

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  • Course leader, MA Journalism, Falmouth University, Freelance
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Atomic physics gets its own ‘periodic table’ that covers highly charged ions

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By Kit Chapman
| Chemistry World Verified
Source: © Bettmann/Getty Images The table of highly charged ions could help scientists design the next generation of atomic clocks and even aid the redefinition of the second A new chart for highly charged ions (HCIs) has been proposed, aiming to replicate the conventional periodic table’s accessibility and patterns for the cutting edge of atomic physics. This table could help physicists that are looking to produce the next generation of atomic clocks.
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Chemistry's governing body Iupac to relocate from US to new dual headquarters in Malaga and Rome by summer 2026

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By Kit Chapman
| Chemistry World Verified
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac) will be based between Malaga, Spain and Rome, Italy, from summer 2026 following a two-year-long search for a new home. The organisation, which acts as chemistry’s governing body and custodian of the periodic table, announced in June 2024 it was planning to leave its current home at Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, where it has been based since 1997.
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Alchemy: discredited pseudoscience or chemistry’s worthy ancestor?

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By Kit Chapman
| Nature Verified
Alchemy: An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science Philip Ball Yale Univ. Press (2025) When physicist Ernest Rutherford and chemist Frederick Soddy discovered nuclear transmutation — the natural decay of one radioactive element into another — in 1901, Rutherford’s first cry was of alarm, not delight. “For Mike’s sake, Soddy,” he chastised his co-worker.
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Sub-editor for The Practitioner, a magazine for GPs. It was a great education in writing tight copy.

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"I'm going to Antarctica next week, would you like me to keep a diary?" YES, YES I WOULD.
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