Tartrazine can safely and reversibly turn the skin of mice transparent
Under pressure quartz veins donate electrons to grow larger nuggets
Rule changes intend to make Formula One more environmentally friendly from 2026. But what are the changes, and can a sport known for gas-guzzling engines really go green?
Flow chemistry introduces trifluoromethyl group onto a range of compounds using just caesium chloride as the fluorine source
Nina Notman speaks to the educators leading the charge to revamp how university students learn in the laboratory
Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist drugs, such as semaglutide, could save countless lives at risk due to diabetes and obesity. Rachel Brazil looks at the difficulties in making the peptides themselves, and what’s coming next
Scientists and entrepreneurs are sowing the seeds for a new kind of industry. Hayley Bennett explores the buzz around the marine ‘biorefinery’ business – and what might hold it back
Centuries of study have refined theories of how substances with periodically ordered structures behave. Anna Demming talks to the researchers exploring where these theories can apply in materials that are not ordered periodically, or even ordered at all
The Sabatier principle normally defines the maximum reaction rate enabled by catalyst materials, but scientists now think that they can go even faster, explains Andy Extance
New tool could find use in food science and drug development
Calculations and experiments reveal that water microdroplets may play role in soil formation
Demonstration shows how algorithms could organise timing and match specialist equipment to experiments
Chemistry prize rewards work that used worms as analogues of large polymers
Extraction of polyethylene glycol from ship’s wood enables radiocarbon recalibration
Kidney and liver problems that killed the composer, as well as hearing loss, are associated with high lead levels
Byzantine silver plates were melted down to make many of the first Anglo-Saxon coins
Labs have an outsized environmental footprint but solutions are within reach
In just three simple steps rare earth element can be recovered, avoiding ‘ecologically devastating’ mining
Royal Society report warns that without intervention defossilisation of the chemicals sector will take many decades
Open-source tool helps researchers evaluate a series of carbon mitigation strategies
Managing our most precious resource
Disagreements surrounding non-thermal effects didn’t stop microwave reactors becoming a standard part of laboratory life
Harry Kroto’s star status helped to save the subject 20 years ago
Chemistry prize rewards work that used worms as analogues of large polymers
Metadata in images of scanning electron microscopes doesn’t match the make and model of the instrument in thousands of papers
New UK government has reopened the application process for top job at leading research funder
Californian scientists have followed academics in unionising and have negotiated better pay and conditions