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OpinionRewards based on priority drive unnecessary competition
The story of Crispr illustrates how a focus on patents and publications can cause good people to act in unsavoury ways
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Why are impurity regulations different for food and drugs?
The pharmaceutical and food industries should work together more closely on genotoxic impurities
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Supramolecular community calls in support for gender equity
An inclusive, rigorous strategy for improving equality and diversity
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Volunteers are keeping a vigilant eye on volcanoes in the West Indies
Community monitoring of seismic activity
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Letters: March 2021
Readers highlight UK-based metalloenzyme research, ponder the plastics problem, and set a synthetic challenge
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Solving solar panel waste highlights the need for sustainable thinking
Moving to a circular economy requires political, economic and scientific cooperation
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Prasanna de Silva: ‘Kindness plays a key role in academia’
The influential Sri Lankan chemist on serendipity, slowness and the excitement of Irish percussion
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How philosophy helps solve puzzles in chemistry
Without realising it, chemists use a range of philosophical tools to probe the world
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Defence of the realm
The world’s critical infrastructure is under attack and it’s going to take a joint effort to protect it
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The critical role of chemistry in D&D poisons
Not everything in Dungeons and Dragons is fantasy
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Space, energy and synthetic half-reactions
Matching driving forces with intermediates to predict new chemistry
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A rough guide to pharma partnership deals
Coronavirus vaccines are driving unusual collaborations with a range of benefits
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Letters: February 2021
Readers pay tribute to Rudolf Zahradník, and share memories of colourful chemistry and investigating the persistence of pesticides
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Observing the state’s transition
Sweeping changes on both sides of the Atlantic have yet to deliver on their promises
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