Solvents and sustainability
Organic solvents make up a huge part of the waste from the chemical industry. Clare Sansom looks at efforts to reduce the loss or replace them entirely
Step-by-step synthesis of DNA
Andy Extance discovers how scientists are delivering the extremely accurate DNA chemistry and biochemistry needed to make genes – and even genomes
Go with the fold
From a seemingly impossible problem a few years ago, some researchers think that predicting the folded structures of protein could be solved pretty soon. James Mitchell Crow reports
How materials science kept the Paralympics on track
Maddy Nichols shares her video diary working behind the scenes at the Pyeongchang games
How to review a paper
Advice for those assessing if a paper is fit for publication
The ethics of scientific publishing
How to spot a problem paper – and what you should do about it
Fringe benefits in East Scotland
There’s a lot to like north of the border
How to work in another country
Five tips for getting the most out of moving to a lab in a new land
Will robots make you redundant?
Smart machines could soon outpace even the best organic chemist
From our columnists
The safety dance
A little lab explosion and it’s health and safety gone mad…
Finding the missing mass
When the numbers don’t add up, chemists must restore the balance
Chemistry on the front line
The truth must out in Salisbury spy poisoning case
Will robots make you redundant?
Smart machines could soon outpace even the best organic chemist
