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UK chemistry pipeline loses almost all of its Black, Asian and other ethnic minority chemists after undergraduate studies

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Black students are only one quarter as likely to study for a PhD than their white counterparts

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Recalibration is the biggest shake-up in the carbon dating world for seven years

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Overhaul will improve accuracy and push back how far samples can be dated by 5000 years

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EPA settles Gold King mine disaster five years later

2020-08-12T13:36:00+01:00

Utah state will receive $220 million as part of settlement over 2015 accident that spilled toxic waste into waterways

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Encouraging signs from initial Covid-19 vaccine trials

2020-08-11T08:28:00+01:00

Human trials deliver positive immune responses, while primate challenge studies suggest protection is possible

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Blow to open access Plan S as European Research Council withdraws

2020-08-07T08:30:00+01:00

Disagreements over hybrid publishing caused research funder to part ways with coalition

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Questions surround deadly Beirut blast

2020-08-07T13:24:00+01:00

Ammonium nitrate explosion that killed at least 135 appears to have been caused by poorly-stored cargo from an abandoned vessel

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Paracetamol, ibuprofen and other painkillers may harm those suffering from chronic pain

2020-08-06T08:36:00+01:00

Opioids and benzodiazepines should also be avoided in favour of non-drug therapies for treating chronic pain, recommends UK clinical practice body

Research

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Mass spectrometry and augmented reality guide tumour removal in real time

2020-08-12T09:32:00+01:00

Colour pixels help surgeons differentiate between cancerous and healthy tissue

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Aniline synthesis turns to photochemistry to access challenging targets

2020-08-11T14:24:00+01:00

New photochemical strategy could jump in where common cross-coupling reactions fall short

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Hydrogen bond imparts more stability on transition state than expected

2020-08-10T13:55:00+01:00

Study reveals importance of repulsive interactions

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Twists of orange odorant reveal smell secrets

2020-08-10T08:11:00+01:00

Modifying octanal produces hard-to-get information about olfactory receptors

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How does hair blunt steel blades?

2020-08-06T18:00:00+01:00

Electron microscopy reveals how hairs chip and crack stainless steel blades while shaving

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Tackling bullying and harassment – Building a better chemistry culture

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Welcoming a new era: A time for digital scientific discovery

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Celebrating science's forgotten heroes

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Marguerite Perey and the last element in nature

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Ghanaian biochemistry TV star Marian Addy

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Barbara Low, penicillin and the protein pi helix

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Alice Ball’s treatment for leprosy

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Eunice Foote: the mother of climate change

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Jimmy Robinson and the atom bomb elements

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The indomitable Toshiko Mayeda

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Theodora Greene’s protecting groups

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Ellie Knaggs and tetrahedral carbon

  • Marguerite Perey and the last element in nature

  • Ghanaian biochemistry TV star Marian Addy

  • Barbara Low, penicillin and the protein pi helix

  • Alice Ball’s treatment for leprosy

  • Eunice Foote: the mother of climate change

  • Jimmy Robinson and the atom bomb elements

  • The indomitable Toshiko Mayeda

  • Theodora Greene’s protecting groups

  • Ellie Knaggs and tetrahedral carbon

Features

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Why is cystic fibrosis so hard to treat?

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Claire Jarvis talks to the scientists trying to find new drugs to treat the inherited lung condition

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The function of folding

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Can chemists make molecules that fold up as well as proteins? Rachel Brazil talks to the people trying to create foldamers

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The complex chemistry of fire

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Despite its ubiquity in human life, chemists have still barely unlocked what’s happening amid the flames. Kit Chapman reports

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Atmospheric water harvesting

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With drought threatening many parts of the world, Nina Notman explores technologies for sucking water out of thin air

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