All Comment articles – Page 7
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OpinionTime to act on conflict minerals
We must end the human cost of tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold
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OpinionCountering gender bias at conferences
Re-structuring presentation programmes could make meetings more accessible
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ResearchHow total synthesis is creating antibiotics
Macrolide synthesis could reinvigorate the antibiotic pipeline
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OpinionWhy we are marching for science
The organisers of 22 April’s advocacy event share their vision
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OpinionSafety first with gene editing
Why Darpa is creating a biosafety and biosecurity toolkit for genome editors
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OpinionHow to resist threats to science
Broader forms of activism are needed to protect evidence-based policy
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OpinionWhy patents will shape the future of battery science
Chemical innovations could lead to new approaches to intellectual property
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OpinionHow to expand the Cahn–Ingold–Prelog rules for supramolecules
A single change could solve the problem of noncovalent interactions
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OpinionHow 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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OpinionHumphry Davy and cutting our carbon footprint
A 200 year old electrolysis experiment could hold the key to sustainable fertiliser production
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OpinionWhy speaking English could revitalise Japanese science
Language could solve the stagnation seen in undergraduate courses
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OpinionHow to make Reach risk assessments more transparent
Chemical safety data is still hard to access because of the ECHA’s own rules
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OpinionThe global dangers of melting permafrost
Russia’s thawing permafrost risks global warming, disease and ‘megaslumps’
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OpinionTime to engage with the public at conferences
We are missing a chance to engage with future generations at international gatherings
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OpinionRestarting the mental health pipeline
The lack of UK investment in new drugs for mental health disorders is a problem – but the tide may be about to turn
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OpinionWhy Donald Trump will be a disaster for US science
The best hope for the world is that the president-elect was lying about his policies
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OpinionWe need more women to win the Nobel prize
How to improve the gender balance in science’s most prestigious award
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OpinionHow renewable energy subsidies stopped being a hot topic
Once a key issue in US politics, solar, wind and corn ethanol subsidies have been victims of their own success
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OpinionChemical societies must adapt – here's how to do it
Member organisations need to change their approach to be fit for the 21st century