New modelling suggests how compartmentalised cross-catalysing networks can evolve adaptations that are passed on through chemical states

Imma-B60 produced by innovative strategy that might enable discovery of new allotropes of other elements

Cap would cost consumers more than landfill taxes but research didn't consider health and environment under business-as-usual

Aria announces support for 19 research projects that aim to develop tools to make precise, controlled changes to mitochondrial DNA

Analysis suggests that there could be tens of grams of S8 across a human body

Restrictions on children's access to site like YouTube and TikTok will begin in March 2027

75 years after experts raised the alarm about sodium nitrite poisoning, new concerns have arisen about the chemical's deliberate misuse

Project tests benefits of siting in renewable energy-rich country

From superconductivity to fractional charge, strange and exotic states emerge when 2D nanomaterial bilayers are twisted into moiré superlattice structures. Chemists are joining force with physicists t...

Hydrogen atom transfer agents key to solvent-free method to produce pristine monomers from old acrylic

Project tests benefits of siting in renewable energy-rich country

Analysis suggests that there could be tens of grams of S8 across a human body

Revolver Therapeutics targets transcription factors that are hard to reach with conventional drugs and antibodies

From Richard Ernst's Nobel prize-winning techniques to hyperpolarisation and in-situ battery analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy continues to reinvent itself

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In the first of a four-part series, Matteo Tardelli suggests some things to consider when deciding whether a move into industry is for you

Exceptional resolution a move towards mapping distribution of electrons in proteins

Light-activated polymers take a leaf from nature's book in generating structural colour and hydrophobicity which researchers say could find a host of applications

Inspired by nature, method is first example of autonomous mechanical motion in small molecules

Publishing giant will host data on Reaxys but researchers have concerns about independently validating the method

Owing to high high gas prices, the plants are uncompetitive, despite their high efficiency

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AI's predictions on the impact of changing each and every base of the human genome will help scientists understand genetic basis of disease

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Unusual mix of sp and sp3 bonding could furnish porous material with unique properties

In the first of a four-part series, Matteo Tardelli suggests some things to consider when deciding whether a move into industry is for you

What makes boron so extraordinary? Find out on 21 October with author Stephen Mansell

Route highlights how electrosynthesis, and to a lesser extent mechanochemistry, are becoming increasingly important to the synthetic chemist's toolbox

Annual list of 'citation laureates' includes scientists behind base editing, self-assembled monolayers, and those who improved our understanding of electron transfer in proteins

Revolver Therapeutics targets transcription factors that are hard to reach with conventional drugs and antibodies

Three years after materials scientist's killing, the culprit has been committed to a psychiatric hospital indefinitely

From superconductivity to fractional charge, strange and exotic states emerge when 2D nanomaterial bilayers are twisted into moiré superlattice structures. Chemists are joining force with physicists t...

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Trump administration estimates that its action will save over $300bn, but opponents criticise decision to 'eliminate limits on climate pollution'

Tapping companies' archives makes for better predictions of how proteins bind drugs, but any data inputs need to be transparent and attributed

The UN's current and former toxics advisers are urging an immediate ban on all non-essential uses of these chemicals

Light-activated polymers take a leaf from nature's book in generating structural colour and hydrophobicity which researchers say could find a host of applications

Judges rule Environmental Protection Agency's methylene chloride risk management rule is badly flawed

What makes boron so extraordinary? Find out on 21 October with author Stephen Mansell

Route highlights how electrosynthesis, and to a lesser extent mechanochemistry, are becoming increasingly important to the synthetic chemist's toolbox

Highly reactive hydrogen radicals generated using ultraviolet light and off-the-shelf reagents

Annual list of 'citation laureates' includes scientists behind base editing, self-assembled monolayers, and those who improved our understanding of electron transfer in proteins