Research
Cement-like building material doubles up as an electrolyte in rechargeable battery
Study explores how to integrate electrochemical energy storage into the built environment
Carbon nanotubes made from waste carbon dioxide produce surprising plasma when microwaved
Trump’s ‘skinny budget’ has plans to cut science and research to the bone
At least 70 dead in Iran port explosion and fire
Trithorium superatom confounds with its unexpected and ‘mind-blowing’ diamagnetism
Why does asparagus make my urine smell?
In depth
Green light for UK carbon capture projects – but will they deliver?
The country is already behind on targets to capture carbon dioxide and is playing catch up
PFAS in fertilisers blamed for killing livestock in Texas and wreaking havoc
Exceptionally high levels of ‘forever chemicals’ discovered in soil, water and dead animals
Why does asparagus make my urine smell?
The chemistry of the organosulfur compounds that result in a fragrant toilet
Why are public health experts calling for new warnings on sugar-free slushies?
Reports of children falling ill have led to calls for public health advice to be updated
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
Explainer: what is ricin?
The poison found in castor beans so deadly a single molecule can kill a cell
Robot ramps up accuracy of AI salt stain identifier
Database with three times as many images as before boosts accuracy of technique to almost 99%
AI inspired by AlphaFold can predict chromatin structures found in chromosomes
System could help unravel how genome folding influences genes
Publishers need to provide guidelines on use of AI in research, says Wiley
Feedback from almost 5000 researchers helped inform publishing giant’s report
‘Chemistry will no longer be an exclusive club’: how AI is changing Omar Yaghi’s work
UC Berkeley’s reticular chemistry pioneer tells us about his new institute using AI to tackle climate change
AI can tell Scottish and American whiskies apart
Machine-learning method identifies prominent aromas
GPT-based AI tool predicts inorganic crystal structures
CrystaLLM uses GPT to arrange atoms, turning text-based data into numerical tokens
AlphaFold developer says AI is just getting started in science
Chemistry Nobel laureate John Jumper says latest version of AlphaFold is making good progress on interactions between molecules and protein
Large 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?
Worldwide
At least 70 dead in Iran port explosion and fire
More than 1000 people injured after cargo caught fire and exploded
Egypt set to join Horizon Europe
Egypt will be the second African nation to fully associate to the EU’s flagship research programme
Working towards an Australian First Nations periodic table
Zahra Khan finds out how a team of scholars is working with the Gadigal to develop a chart that celebrates Indigenous knowledge of the chemical elements
Materials scientist’s death at 47 from brain haemorrhage highlights long hours culture in China
Liu Yongfeng’s death isn’t the first instance of a Chinese academic with a heavy workload dying young
Trump’s ‘skinny budget’ has plans to cut science and research to the bone
Harvard’s former chemistry chair takes new position at Chinese university
Research centres weather unprecedented blackout in Spain and Portugal
‘Exodus will require action’: chemistry laureates warn young researchers will desert US
Trump’s ‘skinny budget’ has plans to cut science and research to the bone
White House budget blueprint would slash funding for NSF and NIH by 55% and 40%, respectively, prompting dire warnings
Trump-appointed US science agency director resigns
‘Exodus will require action’: chemistry laureates warn young researchers will desert US
US energy department cap on indirect research costs temporarily halted after universities file lawsuit
Fears grow over the future of mRNA vaccine research in the US
National Institutes of Health embargo-free open access policy to start six months earlier
Move takes researchers by surprise
Springer Nature donates tool to detect AI-generated text to publishing community
Is chemistry really dying in the US and Europe? Not so fast
Fourteen universities may have manipulated institutional rankings, analysis finds
Online chemistry poster conference continues to grow as it hits 10th anniversary
Trump’s ‘skinny budget’ has plans to cut science and research to the bone
White House budget blueprint would slash funding for NSF and NIH by 55% and 40%, respectively, prompting dire warnings
Trump-appointed US science agency director resigns
There is major tumult at the NSF, including grant cancellations, and its director has abruptly quit with more than a year left on his six-year term
Out of the suburbs: the rise of urban labs
Could empty office blocks and shopping centres provide much-needed space for growing companies?
‘Exodus will require action’: chemistry laureates warn young researchers will desert US
The hole in the UK chemical industry
The problem of scale-up in the UK
Serbia limits academics’ research time to just one hour a day
US energy department cap on indirect research costs temporarily halted after universities file lawsuit
Government reduces UK Reach fees by ‘£40 million’
Trump’s new tariffs threaten the chemicals sector
Green light for UK carbon capture projects – but will they deliver?
The country is already behind on targets to capture carbon dioxide and is playing catch up
Analysis reveals ethnic minority applicants’ grant success rates still lower
Engineering and physical sciences’ review panels in UK more likely to award white researchers
American Chemical Society diversity programme comes under attack
Lawsuit argues that ACS’ Scholars Program discriminates against white and Asian applicants
New year honours recognise chemists’ services to inclusion and diversity
Services to biogeochemistry, science in government, and science and technology also rewarded in annual list
Women stay in science far longer than thought, study of OECD countries suggests
Indian scheme to provide 300 research grants for women
Next president of the Royal Society of Chemistry will be Robert Mokaya
Gender equality report highlights progress and challenges for women in research
Humphry Davy’s whole story – warts and all – deserves to be told