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Tractor spraying glyphosate at sunset

Feature

The glyphosate debate

The EU has recently approved the use of glyphosate for another decade. Bárbara Pinho examines the controversial pesticide’s presence in British farming and considers the possibility of a ban in the UK

COFs

Feature

COFs head for the big time

Two decades on from the first reported covalent organic frameworks, Nina Notman investigates what their future holds

Rupo Mapanga

Opinion

My summer writing for Chemistry World

Rupo Mapanga on being a science writer intern at the Royal Society of Chemistry

Trump inauguration

News

What on earth is going on with research funding in the US?

Untangling what the Trump administration’s directives and executive orders mean for federally funded science

Hydrogen fuel

News

Is hydrogen the future for cars? Manufacturers haven’t given up on it yet

Zero-emissions cars are dominated by batteries but some carmakers think hydrogen still has a part to play

Anatomically accurate illustration of a heart

Tunnelling to the heart of cell communication

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Nanotubes are being found in an increasing number of biological contexts, including the developing heart

Hands holding a weight loss injection pen, soft lighting from filtered sunshine through net curtains

Weight loss drug supply races

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With official shortages ended, but the first generics gearing up for launch, companies are looking for the next generation of drugs

Emma Walmsley

Why companies are rushing to flatter Trump

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Pharma firms are among many pausing diversity programmes and promising domestic investment 

Man balancing pile of geometric shapes

Classifications, racial discrimination and Covid-19

By

Lessons with philosophical significance for how we group people and objects

My summer writing for Chemistry World

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Rupo Mapanga on being a science writer intern at the Royal Society of Chemistry

Chemists amid coronavirus five years on

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Rebecca Trager catches up with four chemists to see how their working lives have changed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic

Chemists amid coronavirus five years on: Krystle McLaughlin

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An assistant chemistry professor at a small college in New York gets her career back on track, thanks to a tenure clock extension and teaching release

Chemists amid coronavirus five years on: Liang Zhang

By

Lockdown gave a young chemistry professor in China the space and time to consider the most worthwhile projects, and that has benefited his team

Firefighters douse the exterior of a chemical plant with water after a fire following a storm

Business

US reviews chemical incident prevention planning rules

Risk Management Program has been extended and rolled back under successive governments

Falling meteorites

Research

Iron from single meteorite found in ancient Polish artefacts

Discoveries indicate meteoritic iron was falling out of fashion in the late iron age

News

Analysis reveals ethnic minority applicants’ grant success rates still lower

Engineering and physical sciences’ review panels in UK more likely to award white researchers

Careers

How to thrive at conferences

Five tips for making the most of meet-ups

News

‘A mix of amazement, pure joy and relief’: chemists reflect on their Eureka moments

Cultivating your surroundings and work practices can make your own Eureka moment more likely

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