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OpinionPC Ray: A genius chemist who dreamed of a modern India
Dinsa Sachan re-tells the story of the inorganic chemist who put Indian chemistry on the map
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News
US ends anti-espionage China Initiative
While slated trials will continue, future investigations will consider more options before criminal prosecution
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Opinion
Scents and sentimentality
Deprived of familiar lab odours, Derek Lowe indulges in some nasal nostalgia
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Opinion
Najat Saliba: ‘The Beirut explosion is a crime like no other’
The atmospheric chemist who dared to dream big and returned home to Beirut to become an environmental activist
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Opinion
We need our simple symbols, but machines might not
Will the curly arrow still be with us in another 100 years?
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Opinion
Living through Covid-19
Many researchers are now feeling the effects of additional emotional burdens
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News
American Chemical Society’s analysis of diversity in its journals confirms an ‘imbalance’
Among journal authors, reviewers and editors, men outnumber women by at least two-to-one
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Opinion
The different shades of sexist science
How supposedly scientific arguments for the inferiority of women support gender discrimination
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Opinion
Fixing chemistry’s branding problem
Engaging with others to improve the central science’s image
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Opinion
A century of curly arrows
Celebrating the simple symbols that – along with their straight counterparts – encapsulate complex chemical behaviours
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Research
Archaeometric study confirms ancient Greeks used gypsum in white Attic vases
Analysis of the Perseus crater from Agrigento identifies key constituents used in its decoration
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Opinion
Because it isn’t there
Why do chemists do what they do? The underlying philosophy for many of us is the same as it has been for centuries
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Opinion
A call for open science student leaders
Crowdsourcing talent for project coordination, data management, communication and dissemination
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Feature
Better skiing through chemistry
While elite sports have been improved by materials science, for disabled athletes the developments can be life-changing. Aisha Al-Janabi reports
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Opinion
Zafra Lerman: ‘I used art, music, dance, drama, poetry, animation, anything’
The influential science diplomat on teaching chemistry through the arts and doing almost impossible things
