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OpinionHow van der Waals first linked liquids and gases
150 years ago, a doctoral thesis changed our understanding of matter
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News
Nobel nominations analysis reveals factors behind who won in the past
Study suggests that human influences and organised behaviour played a greater role than numbers of nominations
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News
Report highlights job insecurity and mental health strain in academia
Baseline pay and conditions compare well to other sectors for permanent staff
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Research
Beer byproduct used as a binder in paintings during the Danish Golden Age
Scientists identify proteins from cereal species using mass spectrometry
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Careers
Giving technicians the recognition they deserve
Schemes such as the Technician Commitment are starting to address problems with authorship and career development
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Careers
Meet the first deaf, Black woman to earn a Stem doctorate
Amie Fornah Sankoh has persevered from failing primary school in Sierra Leone to gaining a biochemistry PhD in the US
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Opinion
Margaret Faul: ‘Stand for what you think is right’
The pharmaceutical executive on why chemistry clicked for her, and life as a female organic chemist in the drug industry
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Opinion
Lessons from Lieber
The prosecution of Charles Lieber has had a chilling effect on US researchers, leaving them uncertain about collaboration with overseas programmes
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Opinion
Jean-Marie Lehn: ‘Science or music really can take up all your life’
The supramolecular innovator on the importance of different cultures in research, working like a pianist, and being shocked by an opera
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Webinar
Poisonous tales with author Hilary Hamnett
Join us on July 6 to hear from author Hilary Hamnett about her new book Poisonous tales: a forensic examination of poisons in fiction
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Business
Making oil and water mix by encapsulation
Italian start-up Sphera Encapsulation can protect lipophilic food ingredients in aqueous environments
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Opinion
Organic chemists should place their trust in machine learning’s black box
Submitting to the higher power of abstraction can strengthen our insights
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Opinion
Chemistry’s history through the feminist lens
Examining how science excludes women and other underrepresented groups
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Opinion
Scientific authorship in the time of ChatGPT
With AI-generated texts here to stay, we need to recognise that intellectual work is much more than just writing
