All Chemistry World articles in January 2024
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Opinion
The rise of techno-science
Appreciating technology’s role in understanding how the world works
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Opinion
To reach net zero, we need to close the loop on combustion
A systems thinking approach to decarbonising our economies presents chemistry with a key challenge
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Business
UK plans carbon emission tariffs on imports
Government is consulting on plans to prevent ‘carbon leakage’, as well as extending emissions trading scheme to 2050
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Opinion
Julia Kornfield: ‘I’ve often followed an instinct about a person’
The polymer expert on power imbalances and following her instinct
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Opinion
Atmospheres conducive to life
Researchers propose a new biosignature that could hint at habitable exoplanets
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Opinion
Letters: January 2024
Readers clarify the details of Pfizer’s future plans, muse on the philosophy of assembly theory and more
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Opinion
Crystal prophecies
There’s no guarantee that making a thermodynamically feasible structure will be easy, or even possible
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Opinion
A milestone year
2024 is set to be a special year for Chemistry World because it’s 20 years since we published our first issue
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News
The 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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Opinion
Planning for public engagement in 2024
As a new year begins, take some time to think about the communication opportunities ahead
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Puzzle
January 2024 puzzles
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Business
Monsanto must pay $857 million over PCB exposure at a Washington school
US jury orders Bayer subsidiary to compensate seven people who claim to have been sickened by chemicals leaking from a school’s light fixtures
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Opinion
Exploring new fragments of chemical space
How medicinal and process chemists are working together to build better drugs
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Feature
An alternative approach to baking
As more people want ingredients ‘free-from’ existing staples, Victoria Atkinson looks at the science behind substitutes for gluten, eggs and gelatine
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Business
Pharmaceuticals roundup 2023
Regulatory and pricing reforms have topped industry agendas in 2023, while weight loss drugs surged and Covid-19 therapies waned
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Business
Chemicals roundup 2023
Chemical companies entered cost-cutting mode in a year dominated by overcapacity and slow demand
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Careers
Results of the RSC’s 2023 Pay and Reward survey
Financial and mental wellbeing are linked as many chemists feel the effects of the cost-of-living crisis