All Opinion articles – Page 9
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OpinionCracking codons
Understanding how chemistry links RNA triplets to the properties of amino acids
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OpinionAre elemental analysis guidelines appropriate?
The standard journal requirement of ±0.4% for carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen is not statistically sound
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OpinionThe end of a long race?
The finishing line of the Covid-19 pandemic may be in sight, but we mustn’t stop running just yet
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OpinionContribute to defeating malaria
The Medicines for Malaria Venture needs new compounds for screening and more chemists to join its open-souce drug discovery project
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OpinionDo science courses need hands-on labs to be effective?
The practical lab is where abstract theory connects to physical reality
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OpinionKnocking down paywalls
President Biden’s surprise announcement ending paywalls for federally-funded research by 2026 has left publishers scrambling to respond
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OpinionA citizen science app for teaching botany
App-based tools support botanical literacy and citizen science
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OpinionConfusing cannabinoids
Decomposition during GC–MS analysis can thwart efforts to determine if a product is legal
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OpinionLetters: September 2022
Readers celebrate apprenticeships, near-miss reporting and plants in urban areas
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OpinionAngela Russell: ‘We have to not be afraid of failing’
The medicinal chemist on thinking like a scientist and knowing where you want to go
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OpinionIntegrating coding into chemistry helps science progress faster
Taking a beginner Python programming course can lead to big efficiency gains
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OpinionTaking the foundation course route
Students should be told more about the different paths to a career in chemistry
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OpinionWhy AlphaFold won’t revolutionise drug discovery
Protein structure prediction is a hard problem, but even harder ones remain
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OpinionReflections on rainwater
Water in the world’s pristine wildernesses is already unsafe to drink by new PFAS pollution standards