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Organic catalyst could cut the chlor-alkali process’s enormous appetite for energy

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Cheap molecule achieves similar performance as existing costly metallic catalysts – but faces major questions about its stability

Technician recognition

Giving technicians the recognition they deserve

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Schemes such as the Technician Commitment are starting to address problems with authorship and career development

Making the moon home

The race to build a base on the moon

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Nina Notman talks to scientists helping to return humans to the moon – for good this time

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The future of energy storage

In this collection, we explore how energy storage solutions will enable the transition to clean energy, and what the future might hold.

News

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Chemical firms kept data on PFAS health hazards secret

2023-06-02T14:13:00+01:00

Documents suggest that DuPont and 3M had evidence of PFAS toxicity but suppressed the findings

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Nobel nominations analysis reveals factors behind who won in the past

2023-06-02T08:30:00+01:00

Study suggests that human influences and organised behaviour played a greater role than numbers of nominations

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Report highlights job insecurity and mental health strain in academia

2023-06-01T09:05:00+01:00

Baseline pay and conditions compare well to other sectors for permanent staff

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Billionaire professor donates ‘transformative’ sum to protein science institute

2023-05-30T13:45:00+01:00

$210 million endowment from entrepreneur and Moderna investor Tim Springer will support ongoing research

Amgen

US trade regulator sues to block Amgen–Horizon merger

2023-05-26T14:08:00+01:00

Federal Trade Commission has concerns that union will allow Amgen to stifle potential competition for Horizon’s drugs

Research

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Volcanoes and meteorites may have delivered catalysts for life’s beginning

2023-06-02T12:32:00+01:00

Iron-rich nanoparticles can catalyse conversion of CO2 to complex organic molecules

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Identifying single atoms with x-ray specificity

2023-06-02T10:25:00+01:00

Combining synchrotron x-rays with scanning tunnelling microscopy gives atomic resolution

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Twisted carbon nanotubes make ideal replacements for damaged ligaments

2023-06-01T13:08:00+01:00

Rabbits and sheep can still walk and jump normally after transplantation of synthetic ligaments

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Colour-changing liquids could flag cold chain breaches for medicines

2023-06-01T09:16:00+01:00

Device offers simple and reliable monitoring with no electronic waste

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Flexible silicon solar cells could be rolled out on tricky to cover buildings

2023-05-31T14:00:00+01:00

Bendy silicon cells should be cheaper than thin-film alternative

Voice of the Royal Society of Chemistry

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Addressing anxiety – Building a better chemistry culture

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The roadmap to a sustainable future for polymers

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Themed collection: Sustainable Laboratories

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The Sustainable Laboratories report

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  • The roadmap to a sustainable future for polymers

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  • The Sustainable Laboratories report

Significant figures

Celebrating science's forgotten heroes

Betty Harris

Betty Wright Harris’s explosive career

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Masataka Ogawa and the search for nipponium

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Features

Perovskite

The Sun rises on perovskites

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With the first solar cells scheduled for commercial sale this year, Tim Wogan looks at the long, hard road to producing stable perovskite photovoltaics

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A new generation of materials inspired by teeth

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Ian Le Guillou finds that some of nature’s toughest structures are helping scientists to develop new fibres that could revolutionise fabrics

Battery research

Building better batteries

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The next generation of battery technologies might pack significantly more power into the electric cars and mobile devices of the future. James Mitchell Crow reports

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The lithium rush

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Move over, gold; lithium is now the metal in global demand. Kit Chapman untangles the global politics around the sought-after resource

Upcoming webinars

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Driving the battery recycling revolution

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Building organisational consensus around the tools of digital chemistry

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Cutting-edge cosmetics: innovating for sustainability with machine learning & molecular simulations

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Poisonous tales with author Hilary Hamnett

  • Driving the battery recycling revolution

  • Building organisational consensus around the tools of digital chemistry

  • Cutting-edge cosmetics: innovating for sustainability with machine learning & molecular simulations

  • Poisonous tales with author Hilary Hamnett