Tunnel

Unprecedented simultaneous quantum tunnelling reaction discovered

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Isomers of the same molecule undergo different tunnelling rearrangement at the same time – a process that ‘is completely breaking the classic transition state rules’

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European parliament restores research funding

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Extra funding found for Horizon Europe and Erasmus student programme

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Lab-grown chicken nears the dinner table in the US

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Upside Foods’ chicken filet product is the first cell-grown meat product to be declared safe for consumption by the FDA

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Additional support for UK R&D amid Horizon Europe impasse

2022-11-23T15:45:00+00:00

Government commits almost £500 million to ease pressure on research sector

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SI units get new prefixes for huge and tiny numbers

2022-11-22T09:57:00+00:00

Ronna, quetta, ronto and quecto are the first new prefixes for the metric system in 30 years

Jeremy Hunt

UK government upholds £20 billion commitment to research and development

2022-11-18T15:15:00+00:00

But a longer-term pledge of £22 billion has quietly disappeared in Jeremy Hunt’s first autumn statement as chancellor

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Call for UK government to ban plastic waste exports

2022-11-17T14:30:00+00:00

Parliamentary committee emphasises reducing and reusing plastics to eliminate waste

Kenya vaccines

World Health Organization takes aim at market as many still not getting vaccines they need

2022-11-16T14:30:00+00:00

Government, industry and health organisations must do more

Research

Magnet motor

Powerful rare-earth free magnet ‘evolved’ and refined by machine learning algorithm

2022-11-25T09:30:00+00:00

Combination of iron, cobalt and boron points to alternatives to metals beset by geopolitical battles

n-butyl lithium

Mystery surrounding metalation reaction’s reagent excess solved

2022-11-24T15:45:00+00:00

Multiple ‘base-eating’ aggregates discovered in classic directed ortho lithiation

Scheme

Quantum chemical analysis uncovers previously overlooked contributor to carbocation stability trend

2022-11-23T10:05:00+00:00

Introducing substituents destabilises the parent substrates

Helicene

Helicene columns could confer chiral properties on optoelectronic devices

2022-11-22T09:30:00+00:00

Organic and inorganic templates control the crystallisation of helicenes in bulk, providing a simple and effective way to integrate chirality into optics and electronics

Database

Gigantic database of building blocks will help artificial intelligence uncover new organocatalysts

2022-11-21T13:05:00+00:00

Publicly available dataset containing thousands of structures could help chemists develop data-driven reaction optimisation methods for organic synthesis

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Themed collection: Sustainable Laboratories

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The Sustainable Laboratories report

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Sustainability applies to all polymers, not just plastics

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Belonging and connection – Building a better chemistry culture

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  • Sustainability applies to all polymers, not just plastics

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Significant figures

Celebrating science's forgotten heroes

Betty Harris

Betty Wright Harris’s explosive career

Masataka Ogawa

Masataka Ogawa and the search for nipponium

Elizabeth Fulhame

Elizabeth Fulhame, the 18th century chemistry pioneer who faded from history

William Knox Jr

William Knox, the only Black supervisor in the Manhattan Project

Margaret Melhase

Margaret Melhase Fuchs and the radioactive isotope

Prafulla Chandra Ray

PC Ray: A genius chemist who dreamed of a modern India

James West

Jim West’s marvellous microphone

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Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier the invisible assistant

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June Lindsey, another forgotten woman in the story of DNA

  • Betty Wright Harris’s explosive career

  • Masataka Ogawa and the search for nipponium

  • Elizabeth Fulhame, the 18th century chemistry pioneer who faded from history

  • William Knox, the only Black supervisor in the Manhattan Project

  • Margaret Melhase Fuchs and the radioactive isotope

  • PC Ray: A genius chemist who dreamed of a modern India

  • Jim West’s marvellous microphone

  • Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier the invisible assistant

  • June Lindsey, another forgotten woman in the story of DNA

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Features

Unravelling the secrets of Ancient Egyptian chemistry

Unwrapping ancient Egyptian chemistry

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From mummification to metallurgy, Rachel Brazil looks at the impressive chemistry used by this ancient civilisation

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Celebrating Louis Pasteur’s bicentenary

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Mike Sutton reflects on the dramatic discoveries of Louis Pasteur, born 200 years ago

Half eaten cake

The brain chemicals that control what we enjoy

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Researchers are trying to understand how orexins influence our appetites, and whether we can use them to treat addiction and obesity, explains Andy Extance

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When will molecular electronics make the connection?

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Computer chips based on single molecules may remain a work in progress, finds James Mitchell Crow but the technologies developed along the way are being used by chemists to explore their reactions

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