All Chemistry World articles in May 2022
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ArticleWeylChem opens up its chlorination and fluorination capability
The WeylChem Group has made considerable investments in expanding its multi-purpose capacity
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OpinionLiving through the war in Ukraine
Since the full-scale invasion began, Anastasia Klimash has been talking to chemists in Ukraine to find out how they are being affected
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OpinionSheldrick’s SHELX
From code on a Titan to becoming the titan of crystal structure determination
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OpinionWastewater has huge potential for global health
Monitoring programmes can help healthcare and empower communities
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FeatureThe human health observatory in our sewers
From tracking disease outbreaks to monitoring drug use, there’s a lot to be learned from the things we flush down the toilet, Katrina Krämer finds
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OpinionHow chemistry provides a unique perspective on causation
Philosophical mysteries around chemical reactions
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CareersBreak down barriers by explaining jargon
Journal publishers should do more to help researchers communicate clearly
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OpinionBringing citizen science into school – and to the beach
A coastal project to contextualise concerns about pollutants and microplastics
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OpinionLetters: May 2022
Readers reminisce about a smelly interview question and curl up with their favourite arrow-based textbook
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FeatureLife’s chemistry goes through the looking glass
Chemists were taught that natural systems only use L-amino acids. Andy Extance finds out just how wrong that is proving
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OpinionBeyond the transition state
Entropy production could be a key guide to predicting how a reaction product forms
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OpinionSusan Solomon: ‘We had to literally stand out on the roof’
The atmospheric chemist on battling the elements in Antarctica and preserving the integrity of science
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OpinionExit strategy
Overcoming a major setback showed Derek Lowe could make it through graduate school
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BusinessBreaking efficiency records with tandem solar cells
Oxford PV layers perovskite over silicon to capture a wider wavelength range
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BusinessUK takes subscription approach for new antibiotics
Decoupling payment from prescriptions helps preserve last-line antibiotics and encourage R&D
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OpinionOutdated practical techniques still have lessons to teach
Understanding old methods provides valuable insights into the new
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ResearchDiscovery of microplastics in people raises difficult questions about health implications
Scientists keep finding tiny polymer particles in lungs, blood and placentas – but what does that mean means for people’s health?
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ResearchMolecular ratchet made from only 26 atoms rotates in one direction
Chiral fuel drives molecular machine’s rotation, mimicking fundamental biological processes