All Chemistry World articles in January 2025
We start 2025 examining the challenges of organ cryopreservation, and savouring the science of 'mouthfeel'. Plus the latest news and research from across the chemical sciences.
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OpinionThe chemical industry is falling short on supporting women
Unless barriers are broken down, the future of the industry is unsustainable
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ResearchFailings in response to East Palestine train derailment compounded human and environmental impact
Study makes recommendations to better protect humans and the environment in the event of a future chemical incident
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ResearchThe race to commercialise nuclear-powered batteries
‘Radiovoltaic’ devices can deliver long-lasting power to pacemakers, planetary rovers and more
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NewsDirty secret of mysterious ‘tar balls’ washed up on Sydney’s shores uncovered
Scientists unite to investigate objects that shut down beaches in New South Wales
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ResearchAI robots work together to perform autonomous synthesis and analysis
System offers route for rapid testing, analysis and interpretation of a wide range of chemistries
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NewsGadolinium, lutetium and zirconium all have new atomic weights
Iupac updates of elements’ standard atomic weights follows new evaluations of abundance
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NewsUniversity of Reading proposes closing its chemistry department next year
The university joins several others that are considering the future of their departments and undergraduate programmes
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NewsUKRI harmonises doctoral training cutting nine programmes down to two
Two schemes aim to fund rapid responses to emerging research and address specific challenges
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ResearchLarge language models are better than humans at answering chemistry questions
AI models outperform human chemists in every topic area. But are they really better chemists?
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NewsOPCW confirms Russia likely used riot control agent CS gas in Ukraine
Chemical weapons watchdog’s lab analysis backs up claims of tear gas use
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NewsAfter 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
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ResearchFirst detected 40 years ago, a byproduct in chloraminated drinking water has finally been identified
Researchers call for urgent investigation into the chloronitramide anion’s toxicity
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ResearchScientists uncover the chemistry of the corpse flower’s potent stench
The noxious smell comes from a mixture of putrescine and sulfur compounds
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NewsSuperconductivity researcher at centre of misconduct scandal departs University of Rochester
Several of Ranga Dias’s papers have been retracted amid data manipulation allegations
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ResearchIsotope analysis reveals ‘mundane’ origins of remarkable dinosaur fossil site
Collapsing burrows, not volcanoes, killed the dinosaurs in China’s Yixian Formation
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NewsCountries announce new steps to reduce methane emissions at Cop29
A new declaration on solid waste has been endorsed by seven of the 10 largest emitters in the organic waste sector
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ResearchProtective coating for timber made from tree bark compounds
Coating avoids using fossil hydrocarbons so could provide a sustainable alternative to traditional solvent-based paints, varnishes and oils
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ResearchVisible light-powered catalysts clean up ‘forever chemicals’
Organic photoredox catalysts show promise for fluorinated pollutants
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ResearchAI tool learns to build molecules fragment by fragment
Software tasked with designing a type-II kinase inhibitor suggests 97 candidates in 10 minutes, three of which were both synthesisable and effective at micromolar and nanomolar concentrations
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ResearchFluorspar to fluorine chemicals without going via hazardous hydrogen fluoride
Safer way to turn calcium fluoride mineral into valuable industrial materials