Chemistry features and long reads

How to automate your lab

Whether it’s robots, automation or software hacks, Nessa Carson finds ways for everyone to improve how they work in the lab

What does AI mean for chemistry?

By Philip Ball

Phil Ball looks at whether letting machines do our thinking for us will change our understanding of chemistry itself

The robots revolutionising chemistry

By James Mitchell Crow

Researchers working with automated systems are pushing the boundaries of what chemists can achieve in the lab, reports James Mitchell Crow

Omega-3s and brain health

By Bárbara Pinho

Modern diets can leave us short on essential fatty acids. Barbara Pinho looks into how this is affecting our health and our brains in particular

Are everyday chemicals contributing to global obesity?
By Anthony King
Research in animal models suggests the simple ‘energy in, energy out’ model doesn’t tell the whole story. Anthony King talks to researchers worried about obesogens
Fashion to dye for
By Victoria Atkinson
Can colouring clothing be environmentally sustainable? Victoria Atkinson looks at how dyes have come full circle from their natural origins
Celebrating Louis Pasteur’s bicentenary
By Mike Sutton
Mike Sutton reflects on the dramatic discoveries of Louis Pasteur, born 200 years ago

The robots revolutionising chemistry

2023-02-06T10:00:00+00:00By James Mitchell Crow

Researchers working with automated systems are pushing the boundaries of what chemists can achieve in the lab, reports James Mitchell Crow

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Long reads

The diamond synthesisers

Unravelling the secrets of Ancient Egyptian chemistry

Unwrapping ancient Egyptian chemistry

How click conquered chemistry

House with covid particles coming out of the windows

Can we clean Covid from the air around us?

The plant trade’s scientific secrets

A lightning burst of chemistry

The diamond synthesisers
Unwrapping ancient Egyptian chemistry
How click conquered chemistry
Can we clean Covid from the air around us?
The plant trade’s scientific secrets
A lightning burst of chemistry

Careers

The importance of mentoring networks for female scientists
By Rachel Brazil
Networks for female chemists are providing the missing mentorship that many hope will help women flourish in chemistry careers
Work or study… or work and study?
By Rachel Brazil
How employers are helping employees to gain new qualifications, including PhDs
The chemists leaving their country over personal ethics
By Kit Chapman
Family matters and political views are leading researchers to pursue careers abroad

The diamond synthesisers

By Nina Notman

Nina Notman takes a whistle-stop tour of the synthetic diamond industry and learns about some of the applications its lab-grown diamonds are being used for

Unwrapping ancient Egyptian chemistry

By Rachel Brazil

From mummification to metallurgy, Rachel Brazil looks at the impressive chemistry used by this ancient civilisation

Celebrating Louis Pasteur’s bicentenary
By Mike Sutton
Mike Sutton reflects on the dramatic discoveries of Louis Pasteur, born 200 years ago
The brain chemicals that control what we enjoy
By Andy Extance
Researchers are trying to understand how orexins influence our appetites, and whether we can use them to treat addiction and obesity, explains Andy Extance
When will molecular electronics make the connection?
By James Mitchell Crow
Computer chips based on single molecules may remain a work in progress, finds James Mitchell Crow but the technologies developed along the way are being used by chemists to explore their reactions