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OpinionChemists in Ukraine: Volodymyr Buryanov
Employees of Enamine have resumed production as part of their stand against the Russian invasion
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Chemists in Ukraine: Oleksandr Bieda
Many people in Kyiv kept themselves busy in the early days of the full-scale invasion by volunteering to help those in need
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Chemists in Ukraine: Viktoriia Moskvina
With university staff and students dispersed around the country, every day starts with a roll call to stay in touch and support each other
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Sheldrick’s SHELX
From code on a Titan to becoming the titan of crystal structure determination
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The importance of providing young people with mental health support
Do you feel safe openly discussing your mental health with your colleagues at work?
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Wastewater has huge potential for global health
Monitoring programmes can help healthcare and empower communities
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How chemistry provides a unique perspective on causation
Philosophical mysteries around chemical reactions
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Bringing citizen science into school – and to the beach
A coastal project to contextualise concerns about pollutants and microplastics
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Letters: May 2022
Readers reminisce about a smelly interview question and curl up with their favourite arrow-based textbook
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Beyond the transition state
Entropy production could be a key guide to predicting how a reaction product forms
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Susan Solomon: ‘We had to literally stand out on the roof’
The atmospheric chemist on battling the elements in Antarctica and preserving the integrity of science
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Exit strategy
Overcoming a major setback showed Derek Lowe could make it through graduate school
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Outdated practical techniques still have lessons to teach
Understanding old methods provides valuable insights into the new
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William Knox, the only Black supervisor in the Manhattan Project
The story of the Knox family is one of education overcoming adversity, finds Kit Chapman
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Building data systems to break down research silos
Shared schemas could make it a lot easier for researchers to cross discipline boundaries
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Margaret Melhase Fuchs and the radioactive isotope
Rebecca Trager tells the story of a brilliant female undergraduate who discovered caesium-137 in 1941 but was blocked from pursuing a PhD
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A spanner in the works
Most drugs work by breaking or stopping something, rather than by making something faster or better
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Letter from scientists of Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian descent to governments and science funding organisations
Academics call for immediate action to support Ukrainian scholars at risk
