AI continues to make waves and structural editing impresses in 2025

Chemists are constantly uncovering new materials, medicines and stunning new insights into the chemical processes that underpin the world we live in. 2025 has been no different, and the Chemistry World team has been kept busy as we try to keep readers updated with the most interesting and important discoveries across the chemical sciences. Over the last year, we’ve reported on more than 300 new papers that intrigued and amazed us. While it’s not possible to go back over every single one of them, here’s a summary of some of this year’s research highlights.