Join us for deep dives into chemistry’s most intriguing questions, reflections on the year’s major news events, top tips for running your lab effectively, inspiring stories from the global science community, and much more.
Looking back helps us choose how to move forward
Europe continues to struggle with high energy and feedstock costs, while US and Asia negotiate supply gluts
Diabetes and weight loss drugs have surged in popularity, revealing supply frailties
Machine-learning method identifies prominent aromas
Andy Extance learns how the chemicals in food and drink create sensual culinary experiences
We may be able to freeze embryos, but challenges remain for larger organs. Hayley Bennett talks to the scientists trying to push the boundaries of cryopreservation
If cryptic crosswords aren’t challenging enough for you, try this jumbo one that only uses letters found in elemental symbols
India looks to the future as survivors fight on to receive adequate compensation and medical care
Machine-learning method identifies prominent aromas
There will be an 18-month phase out period to allow industry time to adapt
Extractable compounds provide opportunity for significant skin exposure
Texas attorney general accuses 3M and DuPont of knowingly concealing health risks
Academia is a broad church
Developments in distillation find us in good spirits
There’s a lot more lab work to do before we understand the ‘language of life’
When bottles of bubbly conceal criminal activities
The corpus of scientific literature needs a drastic clean-up
Looking back helps us choose how to move forward
Readers share concerns over classifying ethanol as reprotoxic, celebrate undergraduate practical innovation, and more
Why is it so controversial to do the right thing for the environment?
Join us for a demonstration of how benchtop NMR can be used to study elements beyond hydrogen and carbon
Learn how to select appropriate computational models to deliver impact in surface chemistry research
Discover how new therapeutics have the potential to address unmet medical needs
Discover how analytical software can support your workflow
Researchers hope work will help to preserve this art
Developments in distillation find us in good spirits
Readers share concerns over classifying ethanol as reprotoxic, celebrate undergraduate practical innovation, and more
Why is it so controversial to do the right thing for the environment?
Lab Innovations brings together experts from all corners of the industry
Ruth Webster from University of Cambridge wins 2024 AstraZeneca prize in synthetic chemistry for her work on iron catalysis
In a world of AI, chemists need statistical thinking
Join us for a demonstration of how benchtop NMR can be used to study elements beyond hydrogen and carbon
Learn how to select appropriate computational models to deliver impact in surface chemistry research
Discover how analytical software can support your workflow
Explore cutting edge copper-catalysed carbon-heteroatom bond formations used in industrial applications
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.
How has chemistry changed in the last two decades?
Exploring an alternative to a traditional list of achievements
Maintaining a healthy chemistry pipeline requires affordable education and training routes
Death notices for chemists suggest perhaps not, despite the hazards found in many labs