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Crystal structure prediction

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Crystal clear structure prediction

As the clouds clear on computational crystal structure prediction, is the technique ready to empower mainstream materials research? James Mitchell Crow reports

Mustard leaf salad

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Making genetically engineered food palatable

The next generation of genetically altered food is forging ahead, aiming to be attractive to consumers rather than producers. Katrina Megget finds out whether Crispr means crisper salads

Ordered blocks and a disordered one

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Polymorphs matter – especially when they might disappear

Disappearing polymorphs offer a fascinating example of the dark arts of crystallisation

Gravestone

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Is chemistry really dying in the US and Europe? Not so fast

Chinese universities completely dominated one recent ranking of the chemical sciences but that’s not the whole picture

Cellular DNA and epigenetics

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Epigenetic editors enter clinical trials

New wave of precision medicines amplify or silence genes, without altering genetic code

Trans-rights protesters outside the houses of parliament in London

‘Equality means more than passing laws’

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How to make chemistry spaces inclusive of all genders

Ordered blocks and a disordered one

Polymorphs matter – especially when they might disappear

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Disappearing polymorphs offer a fascinating example of the dark arts of crystallisation

Willie May

Willie May: ‘We need to find and support the “missing millions”’

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The analytical chemist on growing up Black in Alabama in the 1950s and 1960s and his journey through NIST, academia and the AAAS presidency

The value of good software extends beyond its cost

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Whether third-party or built in-house, thoughtful design and implementation can improve workflows and make science more inclusive

I use storytelling to write great lab reports

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A formal writeup of an experiment has much in common with a thrilling story

Trump’s tariff stand-off

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Piling cost and complexity to stretched global supply chains will hit industries hard

‘Real danger in this moment’ for America’s research enterprise

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There are stark warnings for the US amid science agency cuts, terminated research grants and detained graduate students

Trans-rights protesters outside the houses of parliament in London

Opinion

‘Equality means more than passing laws’

How to make chemistry spaces inclusive of all genders

Francis Crick Institute

Business

Out of the suburbs: the rise of urban labs

Could empty office blocks and shopping centres provide much-needed space for growing companies?

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‘Exodus will require action’: chemistry laureates warn young researchers will desert US

Trump administration’s targeting of grants, funding and visas creating hostile environment for scientists

Business

The hole in the UK chemical industry

Norman Keane thinks ICI’s breakup has left a gap in scale-up knowhow and skills, as well as a lack of facilites

Business

The problem of scale-up in the UK

What’s the point of knowledge generation if we’re not creating high value jobs, asks Chris Kay

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