Research
Spaghetti-like nanofibres made by electrospinning wheat flour
Team calculate their ‘nanopasta’ is ‘approximately a thousand times’ thinner than threads of god
Feature
The new signs bringing greater understanding to organic chemistry
Rebecca Trager speaks to a US team developing a sign language lexicon for chemistry concepts that combines form with meaning to make the field more accessible for everyone
News
Forty years on from the Bhopal disaster what lessons have been learnt?
India looks to the future as survivors fight on to receive adequate compensation and medical care
Opinion
Thriving as a Deaf chemistry PhD student
Asma Sheikh talks about growing up, discovering her passion for chemistry and being a teaching assistant
News
After years of negotiations, a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution is within sight
The UN’s plastics treaty negotiations have faced many hurdles, but delegates are getting closer to a final agreement
Spaghetti-like nanofibres made by electrospinning wheat flour
Team calculate their ‘nanopasta’ is ‘approximately a thousand times’ thinner than threads of god
Programmable nanostructures created with DNA origami
DNA ‘voxels’ form up a range of shapes on command
Cellulose and chitin foam can remove nearly all microplastics from water
Metal–organic framework captures carbon dioxide at industrially relevant temperatures
Light-driven method simplifies synthesis of complex heterocycles
Air-frying prevails in tests on indoor pollutant production
Air-stable rhenium complex catalyses alkyne metathesis
New Wittig reaction pathway proves old dog can learn new tricks
Fluorspar to fluorine chemicals without going via hazardous hydrogen fluoride
US aims to reinstate chlorpyrifos insecticide ban
2021 ban on remaining food uses was overturned on appeal in 2023
Forty years on from the Bhopal disaster what lessons have been learnt?
India looks to the future as survivors fight on to receive adequate compensation and medical care
Metal–organic framework captures carbon dioxide at industrially relevant temperatures
Learning to listen
Maintenance error led to deadly hydrogen sulfide leak
Northvolt bankruptcy dents European battery industry ambitions
How long are medicines good for?
Fluorspar to fluorine chemicals without going via hazardous hydrogen fluoride
Europe reconsiders Alzheimer’s antibody approval
Letters: December 2024
Readers share concerns over classifying ethanol as reprotoxic, celebrate undergraduate practical innovation, and more
The moral theories behind climate deadlock
Why is it so controversial to do the right thing for the environment?
The carbon capture conundrum
Progress is being made, but is it enough?
Learning to listen
Many things have changed in the last two decades, but effective collaboration is more important than ever
Mary Virginia Orna: ‘It felt like I was coming home to something I never knew existed’
The 90-year-old colour chemist on overcoming discrimination and the three loves of her life; Latin, chemistry and Italian opera
How long are medicines good for?
Stability data is necessary but tedious work
Thriving as a Deaf chemistry PhD student
Asma Sheikh talks about growing up, discovering her passion for chemistry and being a teaching assistant
Letters: November 2024
Readers celebrate longevity, ponder practical purposes, and more
Broadband benchtop NMR spectroscopy: it’s more than just proton and carbon
Join us for a demonstration of how benchtop NMR can be used to study elements beyond hydrogen and carbon
Purposeful simulation: Maximising impact in surface chemistry modelling
Learn how to select appropriate computational models to deliver impact in surface chemistry research
Emerging routes to new therapeutics: Highlights from winning Horizon Prize teams
Discover how new therapeutics have the potential to address unmet medical needs
ChemisTwin: Cloud-based analysis of NMR and IR spectra
Discover how analytical software can support your workflow
Opinion
Letters: December 2024
Readers share concerns over classifying ethanol as reprotoxic, celebrate undergraduate practical innovation, and more
Opinion
The moral theories behind climate deadlock
Why is it so controversial to do the right thing for the environment?
News
Forty years on from the Bhopal disaster what lessons have been learnt?
India looks to the future as survivors fight on to receive adequate compensation and medical care
News
University of Hull confirms chemistry department closure
Department closure follows series of similar proposals at UK universities
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Setting new standards for British laboratories
Lab Innovations brings together experts from all corners of the industry
AstraZeneca synthetic chemistry prize winner celebrates ‘culmination of a high-quality academia-industry collaboration’
Ruth Webster from University of Cambridge wins 2024 AstraZeneca prize in synthetic chemistry for her work on iron catalysis
Lessons from a Nobel laureate teach us how to think better
In a world of AI, chemists need statistical thinking
Broadband benchtop NMR spectroscopy: it’s more than just proton and carbon
Join us for a demonstration of how benchtop NMR can be used to study elements beyond hydrogen and carbon
Purposeful simulation: Maximising impact in surface chemistry modelling
Learn how to select appropriate computational models to deliver impact in surface chemistry research
ChemisTwin: Cloud-based analysis of NMR and IR spectra
Discover how analytical software can support your workflow
Copper-catalysed carbon-heteroatom bond-forming processes
Explore cutting edge copper-catalysed carbon-heteroatom bond formations used in industrial applications
Driving innovation in the UK’s emerging biotechnology sector
Biotech startups and spinouts must overcome numerous challenges to get from lab to market. A new UK innovation hub aims to give this emerging sector the space, resources and expertise it needs.
20 years. 20 chemists. 20 stories. Part 2
How has chemistry changed in the last two decades?
The narrative CV: a step towards more inclusive science?
Exploring an alternative to a traditional list of achievements
Financial challenges affect the health of UK chemistry
Maintaining a healthy chemistry pipeline requires affordable education and training routes
Do chemists die young?
Death notices for chemists suggest perhaps not, despite the hazards found in many labs