Last retort
War of the wash bottles
How to stop labmates stealing your solvents
The kids are (still) alright
Last month brought a tale from a first-time teacher. But how do you keep things fresh after 12 years?
The kids are alright
Teaching can be a challenge… especially when you’ve never studied your subject
Organic matter
(−)-Gelsemoxonine
Harnessing the power of the nitro group
Combining Lewis acid and redox catalysis
Organic phenalenyl cations perform a dual role without transition metals
Brute force and ignorance
It’s time for academia to get with the project plan and fail faster
Cluster fundamentals
Stefanie Dehnen discusses the exotic structures of inorganic chemistry’s middle ground
Surface chemistry for biological questions
Rasmita Raval discusses her career exploring the complex behaviour of molecule–surface systems and what it has to do with antibiotic resistance and the origin of life
The luck of the materials scientist
Studying the structure of disordered materials is complicated, but Simon Billinge explains how it opens the door to designer materials with desired properties
From the editors
23 things that happened in chemistry in 2018
Lot’s of chemistry happened in 2018, here’s a review of the year in numbers
Raising a glass to food chemistry
Remember the chemical side of things
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Bullying is everyone's problem
Tackling bad behaviour is a shared responsibility
Pushing the limits of patent protection
Some methods of extending exclusivity rights raise legal and ethical questions
Playing the science Trump card
Scientists could make ideal politicians
Alternative science
Those who report on science are treading a tricky line as bad actors look to muddy the waters
