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OpinionWhy we need public analysts
As the Association of Public Analysts winds up, Duncan Campbell reflects on the continued importance of the profession
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NewsWith departments and courses facing closures UK chemistry needs a new hero
Harry Kroto’s star status helped to save the subject 20 years ago
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OpinionA broader view of condensates
Exquisite insight into chromosome separation reveals the intricate relationships between molecular changes and large-scale cell processes
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OpinionObserving Cop28 with a gender lens
Avoid so-called climate solutions that disadvantage the most marginalised
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OpinionThe science education programme partnering with people in prison
Think Like a Scientist focuses on empowering students
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OpinionHenninger and Le Bel’s fractionator and the importance of lab culture
An undercurrent of collaboration
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OpinionCarol Robinson: ‘I really wanted to wave the flag about technicians’
The mass spectrometry trailblazer on leaving school at 16 and waving the flag for technicians
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OpinionHow much science should there be in philosophy?
A debate about metaphysics that’s crucial to how we understand the world
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OpinionBeing wrong is almost inevitable
On the tightrope of expressing your opinion, you always risk looking a fool
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OpinionCelebrating 200 editions of Classic Kit
Andrea Sella shares his favourite experiences from delving into the history of lab equipment
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OpinionEnormous enzymes expand the limits of molecular biology
Identifying the PKZILLAs, used by algae to make toxins, stretched the capabilities of current analytical methods – and the limits of our preconceptions
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OpinionWhat’s lurking in your drink and drugs?
How to test illicit substances at festivals and identify the rodent in your beer
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OpinionMedicinal chemistry’s biological blind spots
Despite advances in modern medicine, there are some big gaps in our knowledge
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OpinionWorking in the chemical industries, plural
Despite often being presented as a monolith, there’s a huge variety of activities, working practices and reaction scales across industrial research
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OpinionIjeoma Uchegbu: ‘My approach is always to be kind’
The innovative nanoscientist on the power of kindness and how she scrubbed eugenicists from campus buildings
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OpinionLetters: August 2024
Readers share their connections to the Flixborough disaster, discuss the importance of inorganic neurochemistry and more