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CareersHidden from view: being a scientific advisor for the emergency services
Stephen Yao’s expertise helps the emergency services deal with chemical incidents
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NewsEleven chemists who have been honoured with a blue plaque
Celebrating the link between historic figures and the buildings they lived and worked in
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NewsBlue plaque honours founder of the Chemical Society set up 185 years ago
Historical sign commemorates Robert Warington’s life with tribute at his home
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News‘A mix of amazement, pure joy and relief’: chemists reflect on their Eureka moments
Cultivating your surroundings and work practices can make your own Eureka moment more likely
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus five years on
Rebecca Trager catches up with four chemists to see how their working lives have changed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus five years on: Krystle McLaughlin
An assistant chemistry professor at a small college in New York gets her career back on track, thanks to a tenure clock extension and teaching release
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus five years on: Anya Gryn’ova
A computational chemist has moved from being group leader at a German research institute to an associate computational chemistry prof in the UK
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus five years on: Liang Zhang
Lockdown gave a young chemistry professor in China the space and time to consider the most worthwhile projects, and that has benefited his team
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus five years on: Lee Cronin
A University of Glasgow chemist describes how Covid-19 helped establish the principle of chemputation and spur a chemistry revolution
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OpinionLetters: March 2025
Readers remember Graham Richards, celebrate a classic textbook and show how to use your Chemistry World magazines for outreach
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CareersSara Shinton’s career developing research leaders
UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellows Development Network director is on a mission to improve research culture through good leadership
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FeatureMelanie Sanford’s route from college gymnast to groundbreaking researcher
One-time gymnast Melanie Sanford has made a name for herself in catalysis and organometallic chemistry. Rebecca Trager charts her path to success, from her mentors to her mentoring
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OpinionJon-Paul Griffiths: ‘Starting a small company is a phenomenal experience’
The chief technology officer of Oxeco on spinning out, supporting entrepreneurs and the difficulties of identifying a market
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ResearchThis nanotechnology expert works with both plant and brain cells
Could Markita Landry’s research group be any more interdisciplinary?
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OpinionDonna Nelson: ‘Being the science advisor to Breaking Bad was so much fun’
The well-known organic chemist on growing up in a small Oklahoma town, asking demographic questions and advising a hit television series
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OpinionVogel’s textbooks and their international impact on teaching
A shared reference that we risk losing in a digital age
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ResearchWorking 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
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OpinionCharlotte Williams: ‘Being an academic is a wonderful job’
The award-winning inorganic chemist on early environmental influences and a career spanning industry and academia
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CareersHow Lisa Alford inspires students and celebrates technicians
She was awarded the Royal Society’s 2024 Hauksbee award in recognition of her extraordinary achievements ‘behind the scenes’