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FeatureSpinning out spider silk research
Spider silk is finding applications as diverse as tissue transplants and training shoes
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Wearable technology
The future of wearable gadgets will be tiny, flexible, skin-like devices capable of monitoring your health
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Covalent inhibitor drugs
Exceptions to a long-held rule against chemically bonding to biological targets are powering new cancer medicines, finds Andy Extance
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The flow revolution
Continuous approaches are starting to find use in fine chemicals, as Angeli Mehta discovers
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MOFs find a use
Nina Notman takes stock of the first products containing metal–organic frameworks to hit the shelves
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Smartphone recycling
Although smartphones contain a host of valuable metals, getting at them is the tricky bit. Emma Davies reports
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Antidepressant pollution
What are the consequences of medicating wildlife against anxiety and depression? Ida Emilie Steinmark reports
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How ketamine could help treat severe depression
Nina Notman looks at how the party drug ketamine may hold the key to treating patients with severe depression
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The chemist with x-ray vision
Mike Sutton tells the tale of John Kendrew and his work on the structure of myoglobin
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Deal or no deal?
Clare Sansom highlights recent changes in the landscape of pharma company collaborations and acquisitions
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Shedding light on the dark proteome
Around half of all human proteins are a mystery. What do they look like, asks Phil Ball
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Chemical fossils
Andy Extance finds out what organic molecules made by microorganisms and plants far in the past can tell us about climate
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US water crisis
The problems that the US city of Flint had with its water were just the first drip in a wider problem, finds Sarah Houlton
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Urban air pollution
Nina Notman meets the chemists breathing fresh air into urban air pollution research
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New opioid drugs
Creating powerful new painkillers is a constant battle against side-effects – particularly addictions. James Mitchell Crow reports
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Bio-based building blocks
Plant-based alternatives to fossil-based chemicals can be dropped into existing manufacturing pipelines. Elinor Hughes finds out more
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Lab automation
Automated tools can take the drudgery out of routine lab work, Anthony King reports
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Intracellular delivery
Drugs that can enter cells and take useful payloads with them are maturing, finds Andy Extance
