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For chemistry to thrive, it needs to become less cliquey
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The health of chemistry across the pipeline
More students in the UK are studying chemistry at A-level than 20 years ago, but how does that translate to universities?
Opinion
My assistance dog gave me the confidence to start a PhD
When anxiety threatens, Phoenix is on hand to help
Opinion
Langley’s bolometer and the importance of ‘stamp collecting’
Mapping a spectrum of developments
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Onscreen chemistry: The portrayal of chemical science in film and TV
Join us 14 February 2025 to discover the real-life chemistry that inspires the art of the silver screen
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Paul Anastas: ‘I’m proudest of being part of a global green chemistry community’
The father of green chemistry on his love of the environment, striving for unattainable perfection and breathing life into an old town library
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The health of chemistry across the pipeline
More students in the UK are studying chemistry at A-level than 20 years ago, but how does that translate to universities?
How AI protein structure prediction and design won the Nobel prize
David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper won this year’s Nobel prize in chemistry. Jamie Durrani investigates the origins of a biochemistry revolution
The undergraduate lab practical transformation
Nina Notman speaks to the educators leading the charge to revamp how university students learn in the laboratory
20 years. 20 chemists. 20 stories.
How has chemistry changed in the last two decades?
Conserving Barbie from degradation
Although she is a cultural icon, conserving Barbie has its challenges: as with most plastic toys and dolls, she was not made to last. Rachel Brazil investigates how conservation scientists are approaching this sticky problem
The chemical industry is falling short on supporting women
Unless barriers are broken down, the future of the industry is unsustainable
News
Nobel prize winners far more likely to come from wealthy families highlighting inequality in the sciences
Winners today come, on average, from less wealthy families than when the prize began but there is still a long way to go
News
Women stay in science far longer than thought, study of OECD countries suggests
Analysis of publications reveals that, on average, women ‘survive’ as long as men across 16 scientific disciplines
Opinion
The science education programme partnering with people in prison
Think Like a Scientist focuses on empowering students
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Indian scheme to provide 300 research grants for women
The announcement made by India’s science and technology minister aims to foster more cross-disciplinary research
News
Next president of the Royal Society of Chemistry will be Robert Mokaya
University of Nottingham chemist will begin his tenure in 2026
News
Gender equality report highlights progress and challenges for women in research
41% of the world’s researchers are female, but women are underrepresented as authors of papers and patents
Mary Sherman Morgan: The best kept secret in the space race
Anna Demming reveals the scientist who invented the fuel that powered the first US satellite into orbit, yet died with barely a trace on record of her achievements
Martin Gouterman: the gay man behind the four-orbital model
Abhik Ghosh tells the story of a porphyrin chemist who was a leading figure in Seattle’s gay rights movement of the 1960s
William Knox, the only Black supervisor in the Manhattan Project
The story of the Knox family is one of education overcoming adversity, finds Kit Chapman
Paul Anastas: ‘I’m proudest of being part of a global green chemistry community’
The father of green chemistry on his love of the environment, striving for unattainable perfection and breathing life into an old town library
Yvonne Perrie: ‘Good research culture is about being able to learn and fail without judgment’
The drug delivery expert and multidisciplinary researcher on the importance of learning from failure and how a summer in a margarine factory influenced her career
Carol 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
My assistance dog gave me the confidence to start a PhD
When anxiety threatens, Phoenix is on hand to help
The year no one won the Nobel prize in chemistry
What happened in 1924?
Observing Cop28 with a gender lens
Avoid so-called climate solutions that disadvantage the most marginalised
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Opinion
Did AI just win the Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry?
The importance of the expert eye in scientific progress
Opinion
How much science should there be in philosophy?
A debate about metaphysics that’s crucial to how we understand the world
Opinion
Proteins’ shape and function are two sides of the same coin
A new perspective on the relationship between chemistry and biology
Opinion
There’s more to alchemy than its mystical nature
It was crucial to the development of chemistry
Opinion
The nuances of chemical confirmation
Supporting a hypothesis is more difficult than it might seem
Opinion
The rise of techno-science
Appreciating technology’s role in understanding how the world works
Opinion
Do bond classifications help or hinder chemistry?
Ionic, covalent, metallic and more… but there’s debate about whether bonds are real at all
News
Online archive of Humphry Davy’s notebooks opens to the public
Historic collection is the result of a five-year long citizen science project
News
UK launches £37m programme to uncover cultural heritage through chemistry
Funding will aid analysis of archaeological materials and preservation of artwork
Research
Reading into the dangers of poison paint in Victorian-era books
Brightly coloured fabric covers hide poisonous dye legacy
Opinion
Langley’s bolometer and the importance of ‘stamp collecting’
Mapping a spectrum of developments
News
Online archive of Humphry Davy’s notebooks opens to the public
Historic collection is the result of a five-year long citizen science project
Opinion
The science education programme partnering with people in prison
Think Like a Scientist focuses on empowering students
News
Indian scheme to provide 300 research grants for women
The announcement made by India’s science and technology minister aims to foster more cross-disciplinary research
Careers
For chemistry to thrive, it needs to become less cliquey
We need to help more people break through the barriers of tight networks
Opinion
My assistance dog gave me the confidence to start a PhD
When anxiety threatens, Phoenix is on hand to help
Opinion
The chemical industry is falling short on supporting women
Unless barriers are broken down, the future of the industry is unsustainable
News
Online archive of Humphry Davy’s notebooks opens to the public
Historic collection is the result of a five-year long citizen science project
News
Danish university pauses chemistry demonstrations following accident
‘Genie in a bottle’ demonstration failure hospitalised two, leading to a review of all experiments in the school’s chemistry shows
News
Global ‘census’ of chemistry on YouTube finds thriving ecosystem of indie producers
Chemistry channels are primarily made up of independents with no affiliation with an institution or organisation but a passion to talk science
Opinion
The science education programme partnering with people in prison
Think Like a Scientist focuses on empowering students
News
Chemistry body to create multi-language chemistry dictionary to avoid confusion
Dictionary will cover terms such as ‘electrolyte’ and ‘non-metal’
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The chroniclers of science
Communication officers dedicate their careers to telling impactful stories