Peroxides producer will pay $1.1 million and make safety improvements
Technologies available now can decarbonise most heat demand, but cost and infrastructure barriers still exist
Record-high numbers of drugs are in short supply, from chemotherapy and antibiotics to hormone replacements
Why runners are taking pills containing a common kitchen ingredient
Record-high numbers of drugs are in short supply, from chemotherapy and antibiotics to hormone replacements
What are ‘evergreening’ and ‘thicketing’ and what is being done to reform the system and aid competition?
Seen as an answer to low-carbon heating we look at how they work and what their future holds
Two major scientific publishers have recently sold access to research papers to train AIs at big tech firms
Demonstration shows how algorithms could organise timing and match specialist equipment to experiments
Patience will be key to making machine learning indispensable – and practical – for chemistry
Machine learning tool can predict a beer’s taste and quality and which flavour compounds could improve it
Model showed excellent predicative ability and could cut animal testing in pollution research
Dozens more injured at pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturer in Andhra Pradesh
Over 200 injured, and loss of fuel stores threatens power generation
Environment agency says it is taking a ’precautionary approach’ to PFAS in nail polish, shaving cream, foundation, lipstick and mascara
Government critics highlight parlous situation on pay and infrastructure
New UK government has reopened the application process for top job at leading research funder
Tensions flare in latest dispute over spherical nucleic acid technology
Tests show products contain widely variable amounts of compounds with unknown risks
The country’s scientific enterprise is at a crisis point, but many believe a González presidency would bring the dawn of a new era for Venezuelan research
Record-high numbers of drugs are in short supply, from chemotherapy and antibiotics to hormone replacements
Holistic analysis combines models and experiments to find the sorbent that works for each industrial site
Aerosol modelling study injects note of caution on strategy to control warming
Several big firms have rolled back their targets, saying governments need to set pace with policy
Open-source tool helps researchers evaluate a series of carbon mitigation strategies
The announcement made by India’s science and technology minister aims to foster more cross-disciplinary research
University of Nottingham chemist will begin his tenure in 2026
41% of the world’s researchers are female, but women are underrepresented as authors of papers and patents
Offensive comments about other races and cultures are part of his legacy too