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Letters: November 2019
Your thoughts on burnout, degradation and the breakdown of the periodic table
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How can we tackle fake science news?
Complex topics make bogus research news even harder to tackle – but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try
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John Hartwig: ‘There’s a lot of distrust of science’
The catalysis innovator on the thrills of heading to the mountains and having a reaction named after him
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Electrolytes are no longer a postscript to the battery story
Just because electrolytes are effectively inert, doesn’t mean they can’t be sophisticated
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(±)-Rhabdastrellic acid A
A triterpene that looks innocuous until it reveals the highly strained conformation of its rings
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Will computers ever discover drugs from scratch?
With enough understanding and computing power, it should be possible, but will it happen?
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Being trans in academia
The transgender community faces unique problems in the academic workplace
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Breaking the carbon cycle
Focusing on new technologies to tackle climate change could allow policymakers to dodge their own responsibilities
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Letters: October 2019
Your thoughts on correct terminology and what it means to be a scientist
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Letters: September 2019
You discuss the nature of C–H…O bonds and reminisce about hydrogen sulfide
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Letters: August 2019
You tell us what you think about waste, thermal breaks and June Sutor’s legacy
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Donna Blackmond: ‘I often get my best ideas in the middle of the night’
The chirality expert on late-night notes and Harrius Potter
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Reaching out for chemistry careers
The role of outreach in increasing chemistry degree enrolment
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Good enough at last
Neil Withers reflects on the 2019 Nobel prize in chemistry, awarded for developing lithium-ion batteries
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A rice kind of fingerprint powder
A new method for producing print powders goes against the grain
