Richard Catlow, former director of research at the Royal Institution, tells us why it's important to remember the key role the RI has played throughout the history of science
A new carbon emissions scheme will unwittingly hit the chemical industry. The UK risks being at a disadvantage if industry is overburdened with regulation, warns Chris Reynolds
A year spent in a chemistry department led poet Diana Hendry to hunt out links between science and poetry. Are poets more open to science than scientists to poetry, she asks
French physical chemist Hervé This is one of the founding fathers of molecular gastronomy. He takes James Mitchell Crow on a tour of the discipline - and dispels a few myths
Decades of underinvestment in agricultural research have taken their toll but now is the time to bring in young scientists to find new ways to feed the world, says Ian Crute
It's impossible to ascribe a monetary value to individual PhD projects but the link between them and UK wealth creation is indisputable, says AstraZeneca's David Lathbury
