Implantable devices

Feature

Battery-free bioelectronic implants

Spurred by advances in energy-harvesting materials, a new generation of advanced implantable biomedical devices is emerging that does away with the bulky battery. James Mitchell Crow reports

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Research

Graphene oxide sponge soaks up gold from electronic waste

Composite many times more effective at capturing gold than existing materials

Kamala Harris

News

Nobel prize-winning scientists mobilise for Kamala Harris

82 Nobel laureates warn of the threat Donald Trump poses to science, climate and living standards

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Opinion

Large language models are great, but they don’t speak to me

AI has some made tremendous achievements, but some things mean more than words

Salem witch trial

Opinion

Does lysergic acid link the Salem witch trials and a Catholic saint?

A fungal factor may have been the common cause of witch hunts and St Anthony’s fire

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The chemical industry is falling short on supporting women

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Unless barriers are broken down, the future of the industry is unsustainable

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Can the work of Professor R Obot be beautiful too?

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The rise of AI raises questions about how we judge results

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Did AI just win the Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry?

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The importance of the expert eye in scientific progress

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Public inquiry into Novichok poisonings hopes to shed light on murky events

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The investigation into the Amesbury poisonings let the public see the importance of forensic chemistry

Large language models are great, but they don’t speak to me

By

AI has some made tremendous achievements, but some things mean more than words

Does lysergic acid link the Salem witch trials and a Catholic saint?

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A fungal factor may have been the common cause of witch hunts and St Anthony’s fire

Beware ambiguous biosignatures

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Prudence as well as perseverance

(–)-Scabrolide B (and friends)

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An experimental confirmation with some extra surprises

Business studies

Careers

The benefits of following a PhD with an MBA

The chemists who have achieved professional success by getting business and management degrees

Woman in business attire walking up a graph sustained by a hand

Opinion

The chemical industry is falling short on supporting women

Unless barriers are broken down, the future of the industry is unsustainable

Opinion

Did AI just win the Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry?

The importance of the expert eye in scientific progress

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

Nobel prize-winning scientists mobilise for Kamala Harris

82 Nobel laureates warn of the threat Donald Trump poses to science, climate and living standards

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Business studies

The benefits of following a PhD with an MBA

The chemists who have achieved professional success by getting business and management degrees

Woman in business attire walking up a graph sustained by a hand

The chemical industry is falling short on supporting women

Unless barriers are broken down, the future of the industry is unsustainable

Going over the finish line

How to finish a PhD

Five tips for navigating the final months of your research project

Yvonne Perrie

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