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FeatureChemical 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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FeatureUS 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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FeatureUrban air pollution
Nina Notman meets the chemists breathing fresh air into urban air pollution research
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FeatureNew opioid drugs
Creating powerful new painkillers is a constant battle against side-effects – particularly addictions. James Mitchell Crow reports
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FeatureBio-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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FeatureLab automation
Automated tools can take the drudgery out of routine lab work, Anthony King reports
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FeatureIntracellular delivery
Drugs that can enter cells and take useful payloads with them are maturing, finds Andy Extance
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FeatureThe chemistry in your cuppa
Katrina Megget finds there’s more to tea than just a great brew – it’s also chemically complex
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FeatureWhat it takes to make a new element
Yuri Oganessian tells us how nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson were made
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FeatureCould artificial meat save the planet?
As meat production becomes unsustainable, Dinsa Sachan investigates the new industry of meat substitutes
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FeaturePersonalised skincare
Nina Notman explores some of the latest scientific approaches skincare companies are using in the quest to develop high-earning anti-ageing cosmetics
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FeatureSmarter smells
After years of research, the flavour and fragrance industry is increasingly turning to biotechnology for commercial production, as Emma Davies reports
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FeatureSeparating the guilty and the innocent
Chromatography is one of the key weapons in the forensic scientist’s arsenal, as Clare Sansom discovers
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FeatureSupraheroes
The three winners of this year’s chemistry Nobel gave chemists the tools to make molecules into machines. Emma Stoye assembles the story
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FeatureIonic liquids revisted
Ionic liquids have flowed far and wide since they first bubbled to the surface in the late 1990s. Michael Freemantle reports
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FeatureDrugging the epigenome
Drugs that change how your genes are switched on or off could change how we treat many diseases, as Rachel Brazil discovers
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FeatureNew MRI contrast agents
With rising concerns over gadolinium, Anthony King looks at the alternatives under development
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FeatureRefugee scientists
Rachel Brazil looks at schemes to help refugee scientists in the past, present and future
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FeatureHistory of noble gases
Mike Sutton tells the story of William Ramsay’s hunt for the noble gases