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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 02/10/2026

Chemistry World's feature editor steps away from the keyboard & behind the camera to capture the layered sheets of honeycomb-like structures & help depict James Mitchell Crow’s feature on the world of twistronics. Read here 👇 @neilwithers.bsky.social #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/features/twi...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 02/10/2026

The Chemical Breakdown team explore what modern chemistry can tell us about the history, origins & journey of the Bayeux Tapestry and how the conditions & spaces it has been displayed in impact its durability. Listen here: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/dru...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 29/09/2026

In 1972, a chemistry professor named of Frank Sherwood Rowland dared to ask a vital question: what happens to chlorofluorocarbons released into the air? In this week's episode of The Chemical Breakdown, host Mariana Kneppers puts it all in context. #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/dru...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 28/09/2026

The September 2026 issue of Chemistry World covers all the most important stories, like the concerning issue of doctored images in validation data, features on honey – and why discerning the fake stuff is far from simple – and Gibbs' phase rule. www.chemistryworld.com/members#digi...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 25/09/2026

Our latest magazine issue explores everything from honey fraud to multivariant MOFs and manipulated antibody validation data. Did you have a favourite read this month? Share yours in the comments and see the digital edition here: #ChemSky @rsc.org www.chemistryworld.com/members#digi...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 24/09/2026

Laboratories can be inherently hazardous environments, but what does this mean when you’re expecting? Don’t worry if you missed our webinar exploring this question, you can catch up on the recording here: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/wor...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 23/09/2026

How can a lack of support for pregnant chemists impact research careers? Mary Kate Mitchell Lane and Anna Slater unpacked this and what changes are needed. You can catch up on the webinar recording here 👇 #ChemSky @rsc.org www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/wor...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 22/09/2026

How can exposure to light and air over time change the Bayeux Tapestry and what protections are put in place? The Chemical Breakdown team explore the science behind its journey from thread materials to restoration dyes. #ChemSky @neilwithers.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/dru...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 22/09/2026

How are researchers finally overcoming the ‘fluffy surfaces’ of Ras proteins to target them for patients with pancreatic cancer? The Chemical Breakdown team discuss the latest treatment reaching these once ‘undruggable proteins’. Listen here 👇 #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/dru...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 21/09/2026

Whether looking back on your first day of placement or a presentation slipup from the conclusion of project come to mind, we want to hear your low-stakes mistakes. To get the conversation started, the team are sharing our low-stakes mistakes. Add yours 👇 www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 21/09/2026

Don’t worry if you missed our webinar on the support needed for pregnant chemists with Anna Slater & Mary Kate Mitchell Lane, you can watch the recording in your own time. Catch up on the webinar here: @rsc.org #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/wor...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 18/09/2026

How is CAR-T cell therapy being adapted to treat sold cancers? The Chemical Breakdown team discuss recent research in bladder tumours & other solid cancers. And we unpack the spectral signatures previously misassigned in carbon materials. Listen here: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/adv...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 17/09/2026

From adding the wrong chemical to an experiment or releasing ants from the lab to breaking a mercury thermometer, the team are sharing some of our low-stakes mistakes. Help us open the conversation by sharing your own stories, recent or from long ago, in the form below: #ChemSky rsc.li/lowstakes

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 17/09/2026

How is CAR-T cell therapy being adapted to treat solid cancers? The Chemical Breakdown team discuss recent research & the challenges that remain to bridge the gap from lab bench to bedside. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/adv...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 16/09/2026

What’s in a signal? The Chemical Breakdown team hear about the latest research redefining spectra from carbon materials to better understand the defects present. And we discuss how CAR-T cell therapy is advancing cancer treatment for solid tumours. #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/adv...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 15/09/2026

Can misassigned signals in carbon materials actually be helpful defects? The Chemical Breakdown team discuss the research findings that could change the way chemists look at spectra. For this & more, listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/adv...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 14/09/2026

How is CAR-T cell therapy being adapted to treat sold cancers? The Chemical Breakdown team discuss research in bladder cancer & the barriers to reaching patients. And we unpack how scientists have uncovered spectral signatures previously misassigned. #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/adv...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 10/09/2026

This week in chemistry history, The Chemical Breakdown team hear about the research laying the foundation for the field of stereochemistry. And we discuss how scientists are advancing CAR-T therapy & unravelling the signals misassigned in materials. Listen 👇 www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/adv...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 10/09/2026

How can chemistry help us understand what’s underpinning Ireland’s concrete crisis, and what can be done for those whose homes are affected? The Chemical Breakdown team explore this and what prime minister Andy Burnham’s early moves mean for science in the UK. www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/uk-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 09/09/2026

How is crumbling concrete across Ireland’s buildings adding the housing crisis, and what do shifts in government departments & ministers mean for science across the UK? The Chemical Breakdown team unpack. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/uk-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 08/09/2026

What does the removal of the science and technology department mean and how will the inclusion of these in one department with business & trade impact UK government policy priorities? The Chemical Breakdown discusses this and Ireland’s mica crisis: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/uk-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 03/09/2026

How can chemistry help us understand what’s underpinning Ireland’s concrete crisis? The Chemical Breakdown team explore this and ask: how do the UK government departmental shifts and the cabinet reshuffle mean for science? Listen here 👇 #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/uk-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 28/08/2026

What challenges is digital chemistry facing when it comes to accurately monitoring reactions with standard digital cameras – and how can research navigate these? Hugh Ryan reports: @rsc.org @chemicalscience.rsc.org #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/news/molecul...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 27/08/2026

Have you listened to our latest podcast episode? The Chemical Breakdown team discuss what new UK prime minister’s cabinet reshuffle could mean for science policy & the chemistry behind crumbling concrete in Ireland. Listen here 👇 @jtdurrani.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/uk-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 21/08/2026

Congqing Zhu’s team have pinched a uranium ion between two cobalt ions, which are stabilised by a phosphorus-containing ligand, to create a complex with a total of 10 bonds across the three metal atoms. The complex may offer intriguing reactivity: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/news/uranium...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 20/08/2026

Don’t worry if you missed the live webinar with Clare Ostle and Mariana Bif last month, you can catch up in your own time. Our marine chemistry in a warming world recording is available to watch here: #ChemSky #marine #chemistry @rsc.org @thembauk.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/mar...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 20/08/2026

How can trust be restored for researchers who have bought antibody reagents and are now learning the Western blots have been manipulated? Listen to The Chemical Breakdown team discuss the controversy unfolding over doctored antibody data & more: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/the...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 18/08/2026

Complexes with multiple metal–metal bonds are rare because there needs to be the right balance of atomic size, electron configuration and available orbitals. Read about the latest advances, with researchers developing a new uranium-based complex: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/news/uranium...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 18/08/2026

What happens to most of our plastic waste and where can we improve our recycling & waste systems? Listen to The Chemical Breakdown team discuss this & the controversy unfolding over doctored validation data for antibodies 👇 #ChemSky @broadwithp.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/the...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 14/08/2026

What changes are needed in our recycling processes to better deal with waste and how can everyday plastic materials be better produced to improve recycling? Listen to The Chemical Breakdown team discuss this and more here: #ChemSky @broadwithp.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/the...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 13/08/2026

The Chemical Breakdown team discuss the unfolding controversy in the research community as hundreds of doctored images of antibody reagent validation data have been uncovered. We ask what does this mean for researchers & how trust can be restored? #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/the...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 12/08/2026

Don’t worry if you missed our webinar on the science of soap, you can catch up with the recording in your on time here👇 @manhattanscientist.bsky.social @rsc.org #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/how...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 11/08/2026

Can we transform crude oil with less waste? The Chemical Breakdown team discusses this, the climate implications of continuing crude oil reliance and more. Listen here 👇 #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/50-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 10/08/2026

Where did life start on Earth and what can some of the organisms now thriving in our most extreme environments teach us about life on other planets? You can catch up on the recording of our latest webinar here 👇 #ChemSky @rsc.org www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/one...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 10/08/2026

What is the state of plastic recycling across the world, how does the mix of plastics influence our ability to recycle & what role will chemical recycling play in the future? The Chemical Breakdown team discuss this & more in our latest episode: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/the...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 07/08/2026

What changes are needed in our recycling processes & what does the future of chemical recycling look like? Listen to The Chemical Breakdown unpack this and more here: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/the...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 07/08/2026

In our latest podcast episode, we discuss the controversy unfolding across the research community as hundreds of doctored images have been identified in Thermo Fisher’s catalogue, and the complexity behind chemical recycling of plastics. Listen here: www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/the...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 06/08/2026

How could our changing climate impact the nutrients reaching the microscopic algae called diatoms that live in the sea & generate oxygen? And what could this mean for the wider marine ecosystem? Watch our marine chemistry in a warming world webinar here: www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/mar...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 05/08/2026

There’s a vast number of microbes buried in the sea floor and our latest webinar heard from experts in the organisms that thrive in Earth’s most extreme environments. Don’t worry if you missed it, you can watch the recording here 👇 #ChemSky #Extremophiles www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/one...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 03/08/2026

What is picric acid and how might crystals of this compound be problematic in the Antarctic bases of explorers Ernest Shackleton and Robert Scott? Listen to The Chemical Breakdown team discuss this and more in our podcast episode here: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/an-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 31/07/2026

What lessons can we learn from the dioxin disaster in Seveso, Italy five decades later? The Chemical Breakdown team discuss what happened and the measures taken. Listen to the full episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: @jtdurrani.bsky.social #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/50-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 30/07/2026

How can we take advantage of membrane materials to separate crude oil streams based on pore size at scale? The Chemical Breakdown team unpack the latest materials breakthrough and more. Listen to the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/50-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 29/07/2026

Decades after the dioxin disaster struck Seveso in Italy, The Chemical Breakdown team takes a look back at its health impacts & beyond. Listen to the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: #ChemSky @jtdurrani.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/50-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 27/07/2026

Can we transform crude oil with less waste? The Chemical Breakdown team discusses this, the climate implications & much more in the latest episode. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/features/sev...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 24/07/2026

On this day in 1892, Alice Augusta Ball was born and in our latest podcast episode, The Chemical Breakdown looks back on her groundbreaking work & legacy. Listen here: #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/50-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 24/07/2026

In the latest podcast episode from The Chemical Breakdown, the team reflect back five decades ago to an accident that exposed 35,000 residents in an Italian town to dioxin, with devastating impacts. Listen here: #ChemSky @jtdurrani.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/50-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 23/07/2026

Katrina Krämer hears how the research team behind the new finding breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the first independent reports of this absorptivity–reactivity mismatch: ‘We all kind of collectively went “Yes!” because it wasn’t just us anymore.’ www.chemistryworld.com/news/how-a-c...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 22/07/2026

How might crystals of this picric acid and ether found in old the Antarctic bases of explorers Ernest Shackleton and Robert Scott present a risk today? Listen to The Chemical Breakdown team discuss this and more in our podcast episode here: www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/an-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 21/07/2026

How might helium recycling shift to rising demands amid continued pressure on supplies following the US & Israel’s war on Iran? The Chemical Breakdown team discuss this and more in our latest podcast episode: www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/an-...

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 17/07/2026

What is picric acid and how might crystals of this compound be problematic in the Antarctic bases of explorers Ernest Shackleton and Robert Scott? The Chemical Breakdown team discuss this and much more in our latest podcast episode: www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/an-...

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