Nobody knows how much of the honey we buy is pure or adulterated, as detecting fraud remains surprisingly difficult. Nina Notman examines why finding fake honey is so analytically challenging - and wh...

Nina Notman discovers how a type of chemical recycling - depolymerisation - could increase recycling rates, reduce plastic waste and enable a more circular economy

There are many benefits to participating in extracurricular activities with colleagues

Nina Notman meets the scientists developing recombinant antivenoms and small molecule inhibitors to save the lives and limbs of snakebite patients, who number in the their hundreds of thousands

From structure confirmation to methodology improvements, making complex natural products has driven innovation in organic synthesis for decades. Nina Notman looks at its current state, with threats from funding to academic pressures

With more article submissions and fraudulent activity than ever before, journal peer review processes are creaking under the pressure. Nina Notman discovers how AI and automated tools are taking some…

Neurodivergent people often excel in skills highly valued in chemistry. Nina Notman investigates how employers are breaking down barriers and harnessing these talents through workplace adjustments…

Updated experiments for Scouting America can be done safely at home with easy-to-find materials

Severe blows to the ‘deaf-scientist pipeline’ must not mean abandoning its best practices. Here is how to support current and future students.

Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

Elizabeth Holmes had more resources, talent, and opportunity than most founders will ever see — and she blew it. Now, writes Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz, she seems to be trying again.

Finding ways to fund students as they search for jobs and complete lab work for publications

Lawsuit argues that ACS' Scholars Program discriminates against white and Asian applicants

Two decades on from the first reported covalent organic frameworks, Nina Notman investigates what their future holds

Find out more about working for us and view all vacancies including. We continue to ensure an inclusive workplace where opportunities are open to all, and where everyone can belong and bring their tru...

Late last week, the Trump administration set off a frenzy in the US scientific community when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that indirect cost reimbursement for federally funded re...

The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 years later, she’s pursuing new research on the boundaries of life.

After a breakdown in US-Russia relations, Riken finds itself ahead of its rivals. And Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory chases element 120

Hundreds associated with nearby universities and government labs have lost homes

As U.S.-led program falters, Meng Xiang prepares for bold mission to drill 7 kilometers below the sea floor

As the shift to using renewable and recycled materials in car tyres accelerates, Nina Notman talks to the manufacturers driving the change

Elsevier retracts dozens of journal articles that were published based on “fictitious” reviews

The university is also merging some of its schools following a drop in student numbers.

C&EN assistant editor Fionna Samuels discusses the steps taken by schools in Boston and Colorado to monitor and control air quality in the classroom

C&EN and ACS will host the hour-long webinar on Sept. 26

Nina Notman speaks to the educators leading the charge to revamp how university students learn in the laboratory

After reading hundreds and hundreds of PhD theses, we accidentally discovered how to write the perfect PhD acknowledgement: it's a kind of poetry.

DNA is being explored as a long-term solution to preserving digital information for future generations. Nina Notman reports

Next government urged to lower upfront visa costs that are 17 times higher than international average

Peter Atkins gives away Concepts in Physical Chemistry in collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry

Chemistry World catches up with one of the world's leading scientific integrity consultants

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Nina Notman talks to the scientists finding where nanoplastics come from and where they end up

All brains work differently. Individuals process information and engage with the world in ways that are influenced by a multitude of biological, cultural, and social factors. In the world of science, ...

The automated lab of tomorrow

Although she is a cultural icon, conserving Barbie has its challenges: as with most plastic toys and dolls, she was not made to last. Rachel Brazil investigates how conservation scientists are approac...

The confidential 124-page report from the University of Rochester, disclosed in a lawsuit, details the extent of Ranga Dias’s scientific misconduct. The confidential 124-page report from the Universit...

Nina Notman speaks to the researchers unpicking the many ways the climate crisis is impacting our oceans - and vice versa

Stanford chemist has created not just a new field of chemistry but also a new way to be a chemist

Ranga Dias claimed to have discovered the first room-temperature superconductors, but the work was later retracted. An investigation by Nature’s news team reveals new details about what happened — and...

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Oppenheimer has been praised for its portrayal of the creation of the atomic bomb. Nature spoke to three scientists involved in the film’s production. Oppenheimer has been praised for its portrayal of...

When citizen science in school labs ended up in a particle accelerator, the results advanced our understanding of how crystals form – with a positive impact on the future of medicine, materials scienc...