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Cleaning up industry’s water worries

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With clean water supplies increasingly scarce, Angeli Mehta looks at what industry is doing to reduce its demands

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Bots bring chemistry research tools to Twitter

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Cheminformatic tool can deliver retrosynthetic analysis

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Integrated design gives lithium–air battery room to breathe safely

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Improved stability and cycling brings battery with highest theoretical energy density closer to market

News

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US onboard with effort to waive global Covid-19 vaccine patents

2021-05-07T08:33:00+01:00

Biden administration says pandemic calls for ‘extraordinary measures’ to relinquish IP protections, but pharma and biotech sectors push back

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EU clears way for the sale of edible insect products

2021-05-06T13:30:00+01:00

Dried yellow mealworm authorised to hit the European market as a ‘novel food’

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EU genome-editing legislation is ‘unfit for purpose’ says European commission

2021-05-06T08:30:00+01:00

Current policies lag behind the latest technological developments

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US chemical industry spent $61M to fend off PFAS regulations

2021-04-29T13:30:00+01:00

Campaign finance records show how chemicals producers lobby against policies aimed to regulate persistent PFAS pollutants

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Coca-Cola chemist convicted of trade secret theft

2021-04-28T13:28:00+01:00

Xiaorong You stole files detailing BPA-free can coatings from seven major chemicals firms 

Research

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Alkali cations boost carbon dioxide reduction into feedstock chemical

2021-05-06T13:30:00+01:00

Discovery enables continuous-flow electrolysers with industrial potential

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Elemental analysis of skid marks could connect a car’s tyres to a crime scene

2021-05-05T08:30:00+01:00

New technique could be a valuable addition to forensic scientists’ toolkit

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AI enantioselectivity predictor set to power computational catalyst screening

2021-05-03T12:56:00+01:00

Workflow involves mapping a reaction representation onto the activation energy of the stereocontrolling step

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Meteorites show modern Mars’ subsurface has ingredients to support life

2021-04-30T12:01:00+01:00

Terrestrial chemistry that sustains microbial life deep underground appears to be occurring on the Red Planet too

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First ever triply bridging phosphine glows in two colours when crushed

2021-04-30T08:30:00+01:00

Copper triangle topped with μ3-bridging phosphorus ligand shows unusual colour-changing mechanochromic luminescence

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Nature and mental wellbeing – Building a better chemistry culture

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Should we design biodegradable plastics?

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Chemistry pedagogy for a modern world

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LGBT+ inclusivity – Building a better chemistry culture

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Celebrating science's forgotten heroes

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Polly Porter, crystallography pioneer

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Mary Sherman Morgan: The best kept secret in the space race

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Julia Lermontova: an early pioneer

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Margarita Salas: the marquesa of molecular biology

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Sylvia Stoesser – the first female chemist at Dow

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Martin Gouterman: the gay man behind the four-orbital model

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Stefanie Horovitz – the woman behind the isotope

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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

  • Polly Porter, crystallography pioneer

  • Mary Sherman Morgan: The best kept secret in the space race

  • Julia Lermontova: an early pioneer

  • Margarita Salas: the marquesa of molecular biology

  • Sylvia Stoesser – the first female chemist at Dow

  • Martin Gouterman: the gay man behind the four-orbital model

  • Stefanie Horovitz – the woman behind the isotope

  • Marguerite Perey and the last element in nature

  • Ghanaian biochemistry TV star Marian Addy

  • Barbara Low, penicillin and the protein pi helix

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Features

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Why do people believe conspiracy theories?

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Rachel Brazil looks into the dangerous world of chemical conspiracy theories and asks the experts what we can do about it

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Drink, drugs and disease: the chemistry of breath tests

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From roadside tests to diagnosing Covid-19, Clare Sansom looks at how breathalysers have developed

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The growing problem of pesticide resistance

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Weeds and other plant pests can no longer be controlled by chemicals as easily as they could. Bárbara Pinho talks to the scientists finding solutions

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Smart tattoos are keeping tabs on our health

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Nina Notman takes a snapshot of the burgeoning field of health and fitness monitoring tattoos and patches

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