Victoria Atkinson

Victoria Atkinson

Live Science Contributor

Victoria Atkinson is a freelance science journalist, specializing in chemistry and its interface with the natural and human-made worlds. Currently based in York (UK), she formerly worked as a science content developer at the University of Oxford, and later as a member of the Chemistry World editorial team. Since becoming a freelancer, Victoria has expanded her focus to explore topics from across the sciences and has also worked with Chemistry Review, Neon Squid Publishing and the Open University, amongst others. She has a DPhil in organic chemistry from the University of Oxford.

Latest articles by Victoria Atkinson

A man holding the coffee filter full of spent coffee grounds. Coffee grounds can be recycled. The spent coffee grounds can be used to produce useful things.

Used coffee grounds make concrete 30% stronger

By Victoria Atkinson published

Used coffee grounds that are heat treated increase the compression strength of concrete.

Chemistry
Manufacturing lithium ion batteries in battery research facility.

How do electric batteries work, and what affects their properties?

By Victoria Atkinson published

Electric vehicles use lithium ion batteries with small amounts of nickel, manganese and cobalt. How do they work and what chemistry affects their properties?

Chemistry
two photos of a small toilet bowl, showing a blue blob of sticky material being dropped into the bowl and sliding down without leaving a mark

A new, ridiculously slippery toilet bowl could keep poop from sticking, scientists report

By Victoria Atkinson published

Scientists have made a tiny model of a new, incredibly slippery toilet that poop shouldn't stick to.

Chemistry
Wet paper tears apart in man's hands.

Why does paper tear more easily when it's wet?

By Victoria Atkinson published

Paper gets flimsy when wet due to its chemical structure, primarily its hydrogen bonds.

Chemistry
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