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Refugee scientists

Rachel Brazil looks at schemes to help refugee scientists in the past, present and future

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Five ways you can help refugee scientists
What you can do to safeguard those at risk
Slimmer synthesis
Atom economy is a noble aim, but there are other routes to efficient molecule making
How to warn future civilisations about radioactive waste
Informing future societies about radioactive waste disposal sites is a unique challenge

Latest news

Volkswagen an unexpected chemistry winner at IgNobels

23 September 2016

Car giant receives satirical award for solving nitrogen oxide emissions pollution

Latest research

Glowing polymer highlights mercury in fish
26 September 2016
Soil sponge soaking up far less carbon dioxide than expected
23 September 2016
Tumour cells' last breaths dampens down immune system
22 September 2016
Antimony latest element to join 2D materials family
22 September 2016
Coin catalyses chemical reaction
21 September 2016
Chemists cultivate ‘macromolecular wheatsheaf’
20 September 2016

Long reads

History of noble gases

Mike Sutton tells the story of William Ramsay’s hunt for the noble gases

The age of eternity – part III

By Robert Reed

The concluding part of Robert Reed’s story

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Business

Sanofi sues Merck & Co over biosimilars

23 September 2016By Rebecca Trager

Merck challenges insulin patents, but Sanofi claims infringement

J&J to buy Abbott Medical Optics

22 September 2016By Phillip Broadwith

Deal adds laser surgery and cataract lens replacements to J&J’s eyecare business

Danaher boosts diagnostics with Cepheid buyout

22 September 2016By Phillip Broadwith

$4bn deal strengthens Danaher’s life sciences portfolio

Working life

Why you should work in Shanghai, China

23 September 2016By Peng Tian

The world’s largest city has plans for its science sector that will result in a jobs boom

How to start a chemistry department

19 September 2016By Rachel Brazil

The challenges of relaunching a degree course

Citizens and science: the US cities with the most chemists per 1000 jobs

7 September 2016By Kit Chapman

Source: US Department of Labor

Retrospective

Tutankhamun’s burial dagger is ‘extra-terrestrial’ in origin

Analysis of the iron in the 3000-year-old mummy’s dagger suggests it originally came from a meteorite

1922 chemistry Nobel medal up for auction

Prize awarded for the discovery of non-radioactive isotopes expected to sell for £200,000

Lead isotopes track Roman Empire’s water supplies

Analysis reveals damage to the water network after the eruption of Vesuvius and its subsequent repair

Newton’s recipe for alchemists’ mercury rediscovered

Isaac Newton’s handwritten copy of a 17th century alchemy paper has been bought by US historians

From our columnists

Slimmer synthesis

Atom economy is a noble aim, but there are other routes to efficient molecule making

How Frankenstein left chemistry with a monstrous reputation

Shelley’s masterpiece was inspired by the cutting-edge science of her time

The G20 have set out the future for innovation – we must hold them to it

The latest summit unveiled a blueprint showing world leaders take science seriously

Reigniting the match

By David Jones

Could some clever combustion chemistry produce a better pocket igniter?

Reviews

Science and the city: the mechanics behind the metropolis
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Radium and the secret of life
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Venomous: how Earth’s deadliest creatures mastered biochemistry
Laura Fisher looks at venom scientist Christie Wilcox’s new book

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Torricelli's barometer

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The pressure was on for scientists to explain what Galileo could not

Moseley’s spectrometer

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Henry Moseley’s discovery changed the face of the periodic table before his untimely death

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