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Opinion
Standing up for good science
Recent opposition to fluoridation in Hull shows how bad science impacts public opinion
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Opinion
Is radiochemistry in danger of collapse?
Retirement and lack of political will is creating a shortfall in skilled scientists
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Opinion
When Antarctica stopped being only for men
Toxic ideas about heroism blocked women’s access to science
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Recharging the UK's battery industry
The £246 million Faraday Challenge is welcome – but it’s not enough
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Solving the technetium medical isotope shortage
The UK has a solution to the potential shortage of technetium-99m – but that’s no reason to be complacent about leaving Euratom
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Computational chemistry: a virtual reality?
Computers are getting better at modelling chemistry. But there are still many challenges to overcome.
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Analysis in the palm of your hand
Wearable chemical sensors could revolutionise lab safety, telemedicine and health monitoring
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Opinion
Has Hong Kong flourished since 1997?
How science has changed in 20 years of Chinese sovereignty
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Opinion
Time to act on conflict minerals
We must end the human cost of tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold
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Countering gender bias at conferences
Re-structuring presentation programmes could make meetings more accessible
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Research
How total synthesis is creating antibiotics
Macrolide synthesis could reinvigorate the antibiotic pipeline
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Why we are marching for science
The organisers of 22 April’s advocacy event share their vision
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Opinion
Safety first with gene editing
Why Darpa is creating a biosafety and biosecurity toolkit for genome editors
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Opinion
How to resist threats to science
Broader forms of activism are needed to protect evidence-based policy
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Opinion
Why patents will shape the future of battery science
Chemical innovations could lead to new approaches to intellectual property
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Opinion
How to expand the Cahn–Ingold–Prelog rules for supramolecules
A single change could solve the problem of noncovalent interactions
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Opinion
How Roosevelt's Tree Army were poisoned
In the first of a new column, Raychelle Burks investigates a mass arsenic poisoning during the Great Depression
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Humphry Davy and cutting our carbon footprint
A 200 year old electrolysis experiment could hold the key to sustainable fertiliser production
