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OpinionCritical metals supply strained
Conflict - both military and political - is having profound effects on supplies of a wide range of materials
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BusinessMilitary demand strains metal supply chains
Conflict and trade disputes have disrupted global supplies of specialist metals like hafnium, antimony and rare earths
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NewsConcerns raised about PFAS leaking from three UK military bases
Sites could pose a threat to drinking water supplies and sensitive freshwater environments
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NewsBill to ban all Chinese nationals from receiving US student visas causes alarm
Legislation’s sponsor claims it will prevent espionage, but there are warnings it will harm US competitiveness
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NewsLast year a top Syrian chemist was murdered. The problem is he never existed
Fake news about assassinated scientists was ‘disturbing and distressing’ for targets
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ResearchThe toxic legacy of Agent Blue
Agent Orange’s history in Vietnam is well known but one scientist is trying to raise the profile of another pesticide used during the war
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NewsChina bans sale of three critical elements and ‘superhard materials’ to the US
Export bans on gallium, germanium and antimony could hit semiconductor and weapons manufacturers hard
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NewsOPCW confirms Russia likely used riot control agent CS gas in Ukraine
Chemical weapons watchdog’s lab analysis backs up claims of tear gas use
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OpinionPublic inquiry into Novichok poisonings hopes to shed light on murky events
The investigation into the Amesbury poisonings let the public see the importance of forensic chemistry
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NewsUK sanctions Russian troops for deploying chemical weapons in Ukraine
Government accuses Russian forces of deploying riot agents
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NewsExplainer: what is tear gas?
Accusations of the use of tear gas as a weapon of war in Ukraine have put these agents in the spotlight once more
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NewsClaims of tear gas use against Ukrainian troops ‘insufficiently substantiated’
Chemical weapons watchdog says more evidence is needed on whether Russia violated convention
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NewsTwo Canadian scientists were fired in 2021 for passing information to China
Details emerge in government documents leading to security being tightened at top level biosafety lab following breach
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NewsChemical weapons watchdog concludes Islamic State used mustard gas in 2015 attack in Syria
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons concludes six artillery shells contained the chemical agent
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NewsThe story of how the most successful US–Russia scientific collaboration collapsed
Five jointly discovered superheavy elements completed the eighth row of the periodic but then Russian revanchism reared its head
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OpinionThe end of chemical warfare
With a final push we might see these terrible weapons disappear from the world in our lifetime
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NewsWorld’s declared stockpiles of chemical weapons destroyed as US finishes the job
Chemical weapons watchdog confirms that historic milestone has been passed towards ending threat of chemical warfare
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NewsChemical weapons watchdog opens new lab as end nears for deadly munitions
New facility will allow OPCW to address changing nature of threat from chemical weapons
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NewsUS researcher entanglements continue post-China Initiative as worries over IP theft linger
National Science Foundation official reveals new, questionable contract between US researcher and Chinese government-linked entity
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OpinionA year of war in Ukraine
The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine is now one year old. For Ukraine, the anniversary has been a moment to reaffirm support among its allies and keep the world’s attention on Kyiv as the conflict moves increasingly by increments with no end in sight. For the Kremlin, the moment has been used to justify continuing the war, as a special operation that was supposed to last weeks now runs into its second year. For those who have lived through the war, it’s a reminder of just how much has changed and how much has been lost.