Chemistry professor Martyn Poliakoff of the University of Nottingham, in England, has been knighted in the Queen’s New Year Honours 2015. The annual event recognizes several hundred selected U.K.

An acclaimed Nottingham scientist and his celebrated brother will each receive honorary doctorate degrees — at the same graduation ceremony. Last year each brother was named in the Queen’s Honours — ...

THE PERIODIC TABLE of the elements has become a sudden and unexpected star on the YouTube video-sharing website. From hydrogen to ununoctium (element 118), the Periodic Table of Videos created by a ...

Martyn Poliakoff’s chemistry research and science outreach have secured him hundreds of thousands of followers around the world. Bea Perks profiles the internet’s favourite ‘mad professor’.

Science nerds and fans of British accents rejoice! University of Nottingham scientist/professor Martyn Poliakoff and video journalist Brady Haran have put together what they’ve dubbed The Periodic ...

There's more than a bit of playful mischief in the chemistry-themed videos produced by University of Nottingham Professor Martyn Poliakoff, journalist Brady Haran, and the rest of their merry cast of ...

University of Nottingham’s chemistry professor Martyn Poliakoff says that most chemists don’t know the atomic number of most elements and that it’s a pain to look in the periodic table. That’s why ...

The old paper £5 note was recently replaced with a polymer bill said to be indestructible. A university science professor decided to put this theory of unbreakability to the test. SEE ALSO: Elderly ...

(Nanowerk News) The 2012 Guinness World Records has been published and confirms that scientists at The University of Nottingham hold the record for writing the world's smallest periodic table. They ...

Periodic Table of Videos takes us inside a gold vault to talk about some of the chemistry of gold. "It's a bit like a mausoleum," says Professor Martyn Poliakoff.