23andme

Decoding 23andMe’s downfall

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DNA testing firm’s bankruptcy raises data security questions

Paul Alivisatos

Paul Alivisatos: ‘Physical chemistry brought me back into the fold’

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The nanomaterials pioneer talks about coming from a family of immigrants, wandering as an undergraduate and finding his compass

Vegan leather shoes from mushroom mycelium and samples of vegan bio leather

New materials for sustainable fabrics

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Textiles based on agricultural waste, algae and fungi are being developed to improve the environmental impact of the fashion industry

Friedrich Adolf Paneth

Paneth’s mirrors and the isolation of methyl radicals

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Laying the groundwork for the study of combustion and photochemical reactions

Vegan leather shoes from mushroom mycelium and samples of vegan bio leather

New materials for sustainable fabrics

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Textiles based on agricultural waste, algae and fungi are being developed to improve the environmental impact of the fashion industry

Rupo Mapanga

My summer writing for Chemistry World

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Rupo Mapanga on being a science writer intern at the Royal Society of Chemistry

A-level chemistry

Why the chemistry community needs to engage with curriculum reviews

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A-level grade boundaries are one source of dissatisfaction for chemistry educators 

Frankenstein set

Exploring the on-screen image of chemists

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From Frankenstein to Breaking Bad and beyond

Colleagues in lab

What makes a good lab manager?

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The planning and people skills needed to keep everything running smoothly

Our columnists

Philip Ball

Philip Ball is an award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster who explores the history and philosophy of chemistry

Eukariote cell

‘Ageing’ cellular blobs could be linked to neurodegenerative diseases

Over time biomolecular condensates’ redox activity drops and tangled aggregates linked to conditions like Alzheimer’s build-up

Raychelle Burks

Raychelle Burks is an associate professor in the US and an award-winning science communicator and broadcaster.

Woman applying lipstick

Read my lipstick

The forensic techniques distinguishing between cosmetic details

Nessa Carson

Nessa Carson is a synthetic organic research chemist based in Macclesfield, UK

Woman on rail track passing lots of choices and heading straight for dark tunnel

The right level of trust in the scientific literature

An overreliance on what’s gone before can hinder innovation

Chemjobber is a US-based industry insider, telling tales of tank reactors and organic obstacles

Man checking another man's clipboard

Are you fooling yourself?

Charles Piller’s Doctored and the reality of falsehoods in science

Derek Lowe is a medicinal chemist in the US, sharing wit and wisdom from a life spent in preclinical drug discovery

Meeting

Welcome to the MegaPharm target selection and project resourcing meeting

Overheard recently in a seminar room near you…

Alice Motion

Alice Motion is an associate professor in Australia interested in citizen science, public outreach and education

Jupiter and its clouds

A spectrum of citizen science

The backyard astronomer mapping Jupiter’s atmosphere

Chris Nawrat (aka BRSM)

Chris Nawrat (aka BRSM) is a process chemist at a major pharmaceutical company in the US

(-)-Scabrolide B

(–)-Scabrolide B (again!)

Proverbially, comparison may not bring joy – but it can be educational

Vanessa Seifert

Vanessa Seifert explores philosophical issues from the novel perspective of chemistry

Man balancing pile of geometric shapes

Classifications, racial discrimination and Covid-19

Lessons with philosophical significance for how we group people and objects

Andrea Sella

Andrea Sella is a professor of inorganic chemistry in the UK with a passion for unravelling the unlikely origins of scientific kit

Friedrich Adolf Paneth

Paneth’s mirrors and the isolation of methyl radicals

Laying the groundwork for the study of combustion and photochemical reactions

Research landscape

McLaughin and her two daughters

Chemists amid coronavirus five years on: Krystle McLaughlin

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An assistant chemistry professor at a small college in New York gets her career back on track, thanks to a tenure clock extension and teaching release

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Chemists amid coronavirus five years on: Liang Zhang

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Lockdown gave a young chemistry professor in China the space and time to consider the most worthwhile projects, and that has benefited his team

Putting research on the chopping block risks mortgaging countries’ futures

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Many countries in the global north are taking a short-sighted approach to their science budgets 

Forming bonds through Covid-19

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How studying chemistry helped ward off loneliness during the pandemic 

The right level of trust in the scientific literature

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An overreliance on what’s gone before can hinder innovation

Extracting treasure from trash

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The corpus of scientific literature needs a drastic clean-up

Industry landscape

Graham Richards

Letters: March 2025

2025-02-28T08:30:00+00:00By

Readers remember Graham Richards, celebrate a classic textbook and show how to use your Chemistry World magazines for outreach

Profiles

James Shee with Artists of the Ballet in In Colour

From professional ballet dancer to quantum chemist

Creativity has been central to James Shee’s career across both art and science

Paul Alivisatos

Paul Alivisatos: ‘Physical chemistry brought me back into the fold’

The nanomaterials pioneer talks about coming from a family of immigrants, wandering as an undergraduate and finding his compass

Stephen Yao

Hidden from view: being a scientific advisor for the emergency services

Stephen Yao’s expertise helps the emergency services deal with chemical incidents

Hidden from view: being a scientific advisor for the emergency services

Stephen Yao’s expertise helps the emergency services deal with chemical incidents

Sara Shinton’s career developing research leaders

UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellows Development Network director is on a mission to improve research culture through good leadership

This nanotechnology expert works with both plant and brain cells

Could Markita Landry’s research group be any more interdisciplinary?

Donna Nelson: ‘Being the science advisor to Breaking Bad was so much fun’

The well-known organic chemist on growing up in a small Oklahoma town, asking demographic questions and advising a hit television series

Working towards an Australian First Nations periodic table

Zahra Khan finds out how a team of scholars is working with the Gadigal to develop a chart that celebrates Indigenous knowledge of the chemical elements