A ’molecular double-sided tape’ protects iron from rusting with 99.6% efficiency
Findings may have wide-ranging implications, from the origins of life to the characterisation of technological glasses
Atomically-dispersed iron in woven carbon nanotube framework allows breakdown of pollutants
Redesign of the potent painkiller’s core prevents breathing suppression and reduces addiction-related behaviours in mice
Proteins are constantly moving, but our structures of them are static. Clare Sansom talks to the researchers using free-electron lasers to make time-resolved structures
Antarctica may seem pristine and almost devoid of life, but there’s plenty of chemistry going on. Victoria Atkinson explains what it can tell us about the climate and pollution across the globe
100 years ago, Cecilia Payne deduced that the sun is mainly made of hydrogen – but was encouraged to downplay her findings by her PhD supervisor. Mike Sutton takes up the story
With many different species entering torpor for a variety of reasons, scientists are looking to their sleepy secrets for ways to treat human diseases. Anthony King reports
Carbon capture and low-carbon hydrogen are central to any possibility of supplying liquid fuels compatible with net zero, reports Andy Extance
Model for predicting molecular crystal properties is readily adaptable to specific tasks, even with limited data
Scientists design a star-shaped dianion only to discover it had probably been synthesised nearly two decades ago
Covalent nitrogen–oxygen–sulfur linkages could be a new target for potential drugs
Eye makeup found to contain graphite and manganese but not organic ingredients
Discoveries indicate meteoritic iron was falling out of fashion in the late iron age
Extreme heating followed by rapid cooling formed unique material in a Herculaneum man
Could Markita Landry’s research group be any more interdisciplinary?
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to fund seven year project headed by sustainable chemistry pioneer Paul Anastas
Team proposes how to broaden and standardise biological testing in sustainable chemical research
Dual catalyst system operates under ambient conditions, offering a way to reduce ammonia production’s environmental impact
‘Father of green chemistry’ Paul Anastas among those spearheading call to action
Capillary-driven flow distributes reagents evenly
Researchers create polyesteramides from brassylic acid and explore their potential as a replacement for polyethylene
This latest machine learning tool follows ones created earlier this year to detect AI-generated text and flag duplicate or manipulated images
Course and departmental closures in the UK are creating ‘cold spots’, leaving students high and dry
Thea Ekins-Coward lost an arm in an experiment with unsafe apparatus
Effort to synthesise human genome will likely take decades but should provide insight into disease
Milko van der Boom talks to Chemistry World about dealing with destruction at the Weizmann Institute, saving samples and people coming together