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Mutagens on the menu
Discussions about about food safety need to be sensible, not sensationalist
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The day my supervisor won the Nobel prize in chemistry
Celebrations and support in the Bertozzi lab
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The classic sandwich
Ferrocene turned our understanding of structure and bonding on its head
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(+)-iso-Phomopsene (and friends)
A non-obvious combination unleashes the power of electrocyclisation
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Karin Markides: ‘I didn’t follow the rules’
The analytical chemist who runs a preeminent Japanese research institute discusses her childhood in Sweden and how she came to chemistry
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A pharmacist’s prescription for chemistry
Hands-on experience should not be dismissed lightly
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Learning lessons from the history of chemistry
What makes chemistry work? And why should we care?
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Why Roman concrete is still stronger than RAAC (and other modern concretes)
Researchers are searching for ways to replicate the self-healing properties of the ancient material
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The UK has rejoined Horizon Europe, but the delays have been costly
The deal to rejoin the EU’s science programme makes sense for the country and it’s well overdue
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Valerie Mizrahi: ‘There’s no control to the experiment of life’
The world-leading tuberculosis researcher on switching specialities and living in a racially divided nation
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Resistant to change
Curbing industrial practices that drive antimicrobial resistance needs tighter regulation and enforcement
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Surviving in the war of all against all
Cancers and bacteria develop resistance to drugs in remarkably similar ways
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Letters: September 2023
Readers estimate the contribution of lithium mining on power consumption, consider Alzheimer’s antibody therapies and more
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Could cheap CRO rates threaten to destabilise biotech?
Pharmaceutical pipelines are heavily dependent on contract research organisations; we can’t afford for them to fail