Five others injured at Melamin plant in Kocevje
High scores in the Research Excellence Framework will deliver extra funding for departments
For machine-learning algorithms to make accurate yield predictions, chemists need to start reporting more low-yielding reactions and spell out implied experimental details
14-year sentence for Xiaorong You, who stole secrets related to BPA-free can linings from major chemical and coating firms
Changes to regulations and smarter thinking on locating electrolysers could boost production
One contractor dead and another seriously injured after blast at Krems Chemie
50-year-old physics papers are cited seven times more often than those in chemistry
The upcoming UN treaty to end plastic pollution will require capping and then phasing out virgin plastic production by 2040, researchers argue
AI could help make new battery type that could store more energy than lithium-ion batteries viable
New insight into the origins of homochirality point to adaptation to energy sources as driver
Air samples revealed a rate of increase beyond expected natural variations
Decoupling payment from prescriptions helps preserve last-line antibiotics and encourage R&D
UK’s main funder admits that it agreed that research service provider should share academics’ tweets with it
Range of measures proposed to combat exploitation of academia
52 organisations sign up to standardised process to gain clearer understanding of author, reviewer and editor demographics
Russian invasion pushes firms to the limits as facilities are damaged and distribution networks break down
US-based Chinese research engineer who tried to steal agricultural algorithm convicted under the now-defunct China initiative
University of Kansas chemical engineer faces decades in prison and steep fines for hiding ties to a Chinese university
Pharmaceutical firm Catalent buys government-backed facility near Oxford
Experts warn that UK and EU proposals don’t do enough to protect the environment
Canadian–American molecular biologist won the 1989 prize for discovering RNA’s catalytic ability
UN takes steps to outlaw mercury propellant that could have seen tonnes of the heavy metal rain down on Earth every year
Russia’s government-funded institute targeted again by US Treasury for its links to a cyber-attack on a Middle East petrochemical refinery
More than a dozen publishers halt transactions, promotions and services to research organisations in Russia and Belarus
Nanomachines reach speeds of almost 44nm per hour
US Stem organisations urged to collect more inclusive demographic data to better support distinct underrepresented groups
