Breaking the cycle of teach, test, forget
A focus on exams makes it harder for students to cultivate a deep understanding of their subject
Harnessing biodiversity through natural products research in the Philippines
Collaborative projects aim to produce cheaper and more effective medicines
Unpicking nature’s supreme source of energy
Finding my way into fusion research
Inertia, decisions and robots
Our cognitive biases can make it difficult to choose what’s best for science
Where does bromine come from?
A journey that begins in a former oil field in Arkansas
(+)-Heilonine
A short route that brings together the classical and cutting-edge
Using analytical chemistry to illuminate the unlisted ingredients in tattoo inks
Discovery that more than 80% of the tattoo inks sampled had unlisted ingredients prompts New York-based lab to launch a website providing chemical information to tattoo artists and their clients
Playing her part in building South Africa’s scientific reputation
Meet Pinkie Ntola, an early-career Black researcher who is passionate about being a credible scientist, an inspiring teacher and a supportive mentor
A force against fungi
With antifungal resistance on the rise, Leah Cowen’s lab wants to identify molecules that can capitalise on vulnerabilities in fungal pathogens
Troubleshooting your career
Viewing your job through an experimental lens
Allotrope or not?
Loose terminology causes disquiet among guardians of the chemical nomenclature
High entropy or just complex?
Several elements mixed in a single crystal phase isn’t necessarily a high entropy material
Hooray for the editors
After molecular and DNA editing, polymers get the attention
Crystal prophecies
There’s no guarantee that making a thermodynamically feasible structure will be easy, or even possible
One year on from ChatGPT’s launch does it offer hope or hype for science?
Chatbots could help chemists but their limitations need to be understood
