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FeatureNature's navigation system
What’s the clever chemistry behind the magnetic mechanisms that allow birds and other animals to navigate? Anthony King takes a look
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FeatureWhat are you afraid of?
The public’s mistrust of ‘chemicals’ will take great efforts to repair. Katharine Sanderson looks at the ‘c’-word
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FeatureModels of success
The 2013 Nobel prize in chemistry was for combining quantum and classical mechanics, as Emma Stoye discovers
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FeatureMagical mixtures of metals
From bronze axes to jet engines, alloys have enabled humanity’s cutting-edge technology, as Fiona Case finds out
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FeaturePaving the way to polythene
It is 50 years since Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta won the Nobel prize for their work on polymers
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FeatureSeek and destroy
Nanoparticles that can find specific targets before delivering a drug could change medicine. Akshat Rathi investigates
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FeatureGiving screening the green light
Chemists are working with toxicologists at an earlier stage to avoid problems further down the chain, as Emma Davies reports
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FeatureRe-arming the antibiotic arsenal
How can we make new antibiotics? Phillip Broadwith takes a look
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FeatureColouring in the dinosaur book
Chemists are helping palaeontologists discover the rich palette of pigments in fossils, as Emma Stoye discovers
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FeatureDiversity in the chemical sciences
How does chemistry fare when it comes to widening participation? Anthony King looks at the numbers
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FeatureInspiring the next generation
Most people’s first taste of chemistry is in the classroom, but are tomorrow’s chemists getting the education they deserve?
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FeatureChemistry's grand challenges
What are the big problems for the next generation of chemists to work on? Mark Peplow takes up the gauntlet
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FeatureMeasuring the job market
The changing economy is driving evolution in chemistry employment. Andy Extance surveys the UK job environment
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FeaturePatching the leaky pipeline
Women are leaving chemistry in greater numbers than men. Laura Howes looks at how to mend the leaky pipeline
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FeatureA matter of solvation
The processes underpinning how solvent and solutes molecules interact are fundamental, but still mysterious. Philip Ball investigates
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FeatureAnimal pharm
Making drugs to treat animals is potentially lucrative – but also difficult, as Clare Sansom discovers
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FeaturePhasing out fire retardants
With many brominated flame retardants facing bans, Nuala Moran examines the industry’s dash for new ones
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FeatureThe ascent of molecules
Life’s molecular origins may not be preserved in fossils but Laura Howes finds out that chemists are filling the gaps
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FeatureA forensic injustice?
Jon Evans examines how the closure of the Forensic Science Service has affected justice and science in the UK
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FeaturePress P to print
The use of 3D printers to create lab equipment, deliver reagents and even build biomaterials is on the rise. Katharine Sanderson installs drivers and prints away