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Derek Barton and shape-shifting molecules
It’s 100 years since Derek Barton was born. Mike Sutton looks at his work developing conformational analysis
Hydrogen: still the fuel of the future?
Is the dream of a hydrogen-fuelled future still a pipe dream, or is it in the pipeline? Angeli Mehta investigates
150 years of helium
Humanity took a long time to notice the second most common chemical element in the universe, James Mitchell Crow notes. Today we would struggle to do without it
A Wales of a time
Raw beauty and low cost of living are two bonuses for moving to the Valleys
The art of crafting conferences
The benefits and challenges of three approaches to scientific meetings
Smells like team spirit
Be less Germany and more Croatia
How to pass your PhD viva
Five tips to a less painful thesis defence
Unnecessary tension between teaching and research
Learning to teach while in graduate school does not hinder the research careers of PhDs, a Portland State University team finds
The father of lithium-ion batteries
Akira Yoshino’s journey to winning Japan’s highest scientific honour
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How to conference
Seven tips on how to survive and thrive in the summer conference season
How big should your screening collection be?
We’re going to need a bigger compound deck…
A Wales of a time
Raw beauty and low cost of living are two bonuses for moving to the Valleys
Not such a gas
The carbon dioxide shortage has revealed a lot about the modern economy
A lunchtime killer?
The deaths of 21 people are suspected to have been caused by workplace poisoning
The ban-wagon rolls on
YouTube’s removal of chemistry videos demonstrates a lack of scientific understanding that will only hurt budding scientists
