All Chemistry World articles in April 2024
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OpinionWhen the blood keeps on flowing
While warfarins can be lifesaving, superwarfarins are deadly – and not just to rodents
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OpinionHeated crystals jump to enantiomeric separation
Chiral asparagine monohydrate crystals can segregate by handedness – if you arrange them carefully first
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OpinionLetters: April 2024
Readers discuss the handedness of DNA, celebrate the Explosives Act and reminisce about childhood experiments
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OpinionNichols’ radiometer and discovering that radiation exerts pressure
A sensitive reflection of light pressure
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ResearchFirst mirror-image cyclodextrins come together ‘like Lego’
L-enantiomers could be more stable than their existing, more common, forms
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OpinionAllotrope or not?
Loose terminology causes disquiet among guardians of the chemical nomenclature
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ResearchCarbon’s allotrope explosion demonstrates how the element is both versatile and fickle
New all carbon materials are relatively easy to predict but challenging, if not impossible to make, experts tell Andy Extance
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CareersA sustainable career in sustainability
How Xampla’s principal scientist Lynette Holland became an industry leader without sacrificing her work-life balance
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BusinessChemours sacks top executives following accounting probe
Review found officers manipulated cashflow to hit targets and affect bonus payments
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OpinionJani Ingram: ‘We have seen wells with uranium levels higher than the drinking water standard’
The environmental chemist on addressing pollution of Navajo waterways from legacy mining, her life off the reservation and a puke green Datsun
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FeatureThe oceans’ climate challenge
Nina Notman speaks to the researchers unpicking the many ways the climate crisis is impacting our oceans – and vice versa
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FeatureThe chemists dedicated to making drinking water safer
Across the world, scientists use a variety of techniques to analyse and treat water to ensure it’s safe for us to drink. Julia Robinson talks to some of the people involved
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FeatureIndustry’s water sustainability crisis
As the chemical industry decarbonises, will it require more water? Angeli Mehta looks at whether there is enough to go round
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OpinionWatching the water with the help of citizen scientists
Why we should all be keeping an eye on our water supply
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OpinionWater isn’t normal
Despite its familiarity, water is a chemical oddity. But that’s what makes it fascinating
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CareersMaking science communication persuasive and engaging
Be understandable and relevant – and realistic
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