Swirl

Lochte’s spinning band

2023-12-01T14:32:00+00:00By

How Harry Lochte (1892–1976) spun up a separation revolution

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Letters: December 2023

2023-12-01T09:30:00+00:00

Readers stand up for school technicians, share concerns about fireworks and speculate about element 121

Woman preparing prescription

Compounding problems

2023-11-30T14:00:00+00:00By

Regulating the line between a vital service and grey-market profiteering is a mess

Elephant in the room

Are chemicals the elephant in the sustainability room?

2023-11-30T09:15:00+00:00By

What the transition to a net zero, circular economy means for chemists and the chemicals industry

An abstract colourful pattern based on the outlines of plastic molecular models

Bonds are the ties that bind chemistry

2023-11-27T11:10:00+00:00By

Those seemingly simple sticks belie our most complex concept

Bonding

Towards a unified theory of bonding

2023-11-27T11:10:00+00:00By ,

Explaining trends across the periodic table with the help of node-induced electron confinement

Pinkie Ntola

Playing her part in building South Africa’s scientific reputation

Meet Pinkie Ntola, an early-career Black researcher who is passionate about being a credible scientist, an inspiring teacher and a supportive mentor

Cowen Lab

A force against fungi

With antifungal resistance on the rise, Leah Cowen’s lab wants to identify molecules that can capitalise on vulnerabilities in fungal pathogens

Jean Marie Lehn

Jean-Marie Lehn: ‘Science or music really can take up all your life’

The supramolecular innovator on the importance of different cultures in research, working like a pianist, and being shocked by an opera

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Letters: December 2023

Readers stand up for school technicians, share concerns about fireworks and speculate about element 121

  • Towards a unified theory of bonding

  • Shining a spotlight on disabled scientists

  • Showing chemists have lives outside of science is inspirational

  • Learning lessons from the history of chemistry

  • Could cheap CRO rates threaten to destabilise biotech?

  • Culturally relevant teaching benefits science and students