In profile

  • Dan Shechtman: ‘Cyrus Smith was my idol’

  • Richard Schrock: ‘It’s not my catalyst, it’s nature’s’

  • Sossina Haile: 'I never resonated with role models'

  • Donna Strickland: ‘My career goal was to get a PhD’

  • Martin Chalfie: ‘I decided I wasn’t going to be a scientist’

  • David MacMillan: ‘The medal is the real celebrity’

  • Angela Russell: ‘We have to not be afraid of failing’

  • Robert Mokaya: ‘I have been lucky to open a lot of doors’

  • Jacqueline Barton: ‘I want to focus on the good stuff’

  • Carolyn Bertozzi: ‘Shooting hoops is very meditative’

UK science

Science superpower strategy welcomed but concerns over UK association to Horizon persist

By Maria Burke

£370 million of new funding available for ‘exciting’ technologies announced

A woman wearing a headscarf and lab coat entering a laboratory through a door while reading a tablet

Small pilot scheme will support women returning to Stem careers in UK

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Government funds will help parents and carers in the Midlands and north of England re-enter the job market

Empty wallet

Canada’s graduate students crippled by wages that haven’t risen since 2003

By Maria Burke

Anxiety, stress and thoughts of dropping out of master’s and PhDs have become commonplace

Cloak

Transforming lab coats into Cloaks for Sydney WorldPride

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Celebrating LGBTQIA+ scientists through fashion and photography

Question marks on a scientific experiment

Design of experiments

Quizzes and resources to help you to become better at designing experiments. Created in partnership with JMP

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A new regulatory paradigm for increased robustness in chemical testing

Non-animal methods could revolutionise how we assess toxicity

Victoria Gray at the Third international summit of human genome editing

Human genome editing in perspective

Ethical, cultural and safety considerations are high priorities for researchers

Stereotypical mad scientist

Turning negative results into positives

Publishing unsuccessful experiments is more important than ever as we try to train machines in chemistry

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A new regulatory paradigm for increased robustness in chemical testing

Non-animal methods could revolutionise how we assess toxicity

Gel

Gel capsules make reactions with organolithiums simpler and safer

Low-cost gels improve the handling and storage of traditionally dangerous organometallics, expanding applications and possibilities in synthesis

University of Delaware in Newark

University of Delaware labs reopen after explosive accidentally synthesised by student

The shock-sensitive material was destroyed in a controlled detonation