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Industry and academic leaders urge UK government to recognise chemistry’s strategic importance
Amid uncertainty in higher education, experts highlight subject’s vital contributions
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Fixing medicine’s gender gap
For centuries, the default subject in medicine research and training has been the male. Julia Robinson talks to the scientists and clinicians trying to improve things for the other 51% of humanity
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How safe and sustainable are period products?
Millions of people around the world use period products every month. Bárbara Pinho finds out what their environmental footprint is and whether they carry chemicals harmful to human health
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What are the prospects for making green hydrogen straight from seawater?
Competing with better-established desalination coupled with electrolysis, direct seawater splitting technologies are targeting niches
Opinion
Way’s double silicates and what else he dug up from the soil
John Thomas Way’s practical advice also produced the first quantitative observations of ion exchange
Winery cuts costs with carbon capture pilot plant that uses metal–organic framework
Carbon dioxide captured from fermentation in a scalable, selective and sustainable manner
Fluorine surprises by becoming heaviest atom ever to quantum tunnel
First experimental evidence of tunnelling in fluorine pushes the boundary of our understanding of chemical bonding
Light-driven catalytic system makes ammonia from nitrogen and water
Strain can unlock electron-donating orbital in tetravalent carbon atoms
AFM maps the way collagen unfolds and refolds in the body
Liquid carbon characterised in the lab for the first time
Designer protein switches conformations like a natural one
Polymer membrane separates hydrocarbons, offering alternative to distillation
Selective C–H bond fluorination enables conformational reporting in a complex natural product
US plans to close Chemical Safety Board by October
Government says CSB duplicates capabilities in other agencies
Sanofi to buy Blueprint Medicines for over $9 billion
Blueprint has one approved drug and enhances Sanofi’s immunology portfolio
Safety is everyone’s responsibility
Crispr Nobel laureates get another chance to claim ownership in long-running patent dispute
Polymer membrane separates hydrocarbons, offering alternative to distillation
Explosion and fire at Chinese chemical plant kills five
Ignoring women’s health shouldn’t be an option
Women are not just another confounding factor in drug development
Trade deals stave off Trump’s tariffs temporarily
Way’s electric light and flashes of brilliance
The continuing adventures of John Thomas Way under the mercury-powered spotlight
Sinister snakebites
Accidental death, or a murder carried out with venom?
Non-hallucinogenic psychedelics
Chemical insights and advances are contributing to a new therapeutic avenue for mental health conditions
Safety is everyone’s responsibility
Maintaining culture and investment is key, especially in the absence of incidents
Letters: June 2025
Readers discuss chemical emergencies, honey adulturation, and more
Normalising huge substrate scopes worsens wellbeing
And holds up the pace of scientific progress
Handing handedness to amino acids
A new theory proposes how chiral amplification could happen
Ignoring women’s health shouldn’t be an option
Developing therapies for conditions that predominantly affect women is a neglected, but enormous, opportunity
Accelerating chemical synthesis: digital innovations from lab to industrial scale
Explore how digital chemistry is advancing synthetic chemical development and enhancing innovation
In conversation with Melanie Sanford
Join us for an exclusive live interview with renowned chemist Melanie Sanford
Design of experiments: Smarter methods, better results
Delve into this two part workshop and discover a better way to experiment
Rising to the occasion: the chemistry of Easter breads
Join GBBO finalist Josh Smalley to learn the scientific secrets of Easter bakes
Opinion
Way’s electric light and flashes of brilliance
The continuing adventures of John Thomas Way under the mercury-powered spotlight
Opinion
Safety is everyone’s responsibility
Maintaining culture and investment is key, especially in the absence of incidents
News
Alan Turing papers expected to sell for thousands after narrowly missing the shredder
Collection includes personal copy of Turing’s sole chemistry paper
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University of Akron calls off plan to merge chemistry-related programmes
‘Retrenchment’ strategy to combine polymer science with chemical engineering and chemistry is averted, following voluntary layoffs
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We need to build the data that chemistry deserves - here’s how we can do it
Creating a purpose-built repository of standardised reaction data is a tall order, but the reward would be huge
Free energy methods and digital transformation of drug discovery
Synergistic application of AI-based generative chemistry and free energy methods streamlines molecule discovery and optimisation
Accelerating chemical synthesis: digital innovations from lab to industrial scale
Explore how digital chemistry is advancing synthetic chemical development and enhancing innovation
Design of experiments: Smarter methods, better results
Delve into this two part workshop and discover a better way to experiment
How AI is transforming chemistry research
Artificial intelligence is revolutionising everything from workflows to networking - so how can you bring AI into your research practice?
Pittcon: over 75 years of supporting science
The legacy of passion and purpose that makes Pittcon a one-of-a-kind event
Setting new standards for British laboratories
Lab Innovations brings together experts from all corners of the industry
AstraZeneca synthetic chemistry prize winner celebrates ‘culmination of a high-quality academia-industry collaboration’
Ruth Webster from University of Cambridge wins 2024 AstraZeneca prize in synthetic chemistry for her work on iron catalysis
Careers in science policy
The Stem professionals thriving in careers at the intersection of science and society
The art of failing forward
Negative results still mean positive progress
Can scientific curiosity and pressure to work long hours be balanced with well-being?
Younger researchers must beware the trap that sees their scientific fervour take over their lives
Time off for menstruation is a good idea. Period.
Menstrual leave can improve working conditions for all employees
Robyn Norton: ‘We needed to make sure that women were included’
Workplace support for menstruation and menopause
How Bathabile Ramalapa is making a place for chemistry in health innovation
The All-Ireland Network for Gender Equality in Chemistry is going for gold
Cultural changes need to stop PhD students working for free
‘Equality means more than passing laws’