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Dimetallocene with two different metal centres synthesised for the first time

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Molecule first theorised 20 years ago created in the lab

20 years portraits

20 years. 20 chemists. 20 stories.

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How has chemistry changed in the last two decades?

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‘Fire and devastation’: 50 years on from the Flixborough disaster what’s changed?

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Lessons from deadliest chemical accident in UK history are still relevant today

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Moderna’s mRNA vaccine approved for RSV

2024-06-07T11:19:00+01:00

US approval adds complementary option to protein-based vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus

The case for a national Chemicals Agency

Next government must consider a dedicated UK chemicals agency, Royal Society of Chemistry says

2024-06-07T10:47:00+01:00

Problems with fragmented chemical oversight need urgent action, report finds

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Workers killed in two US incidents, with several others hospitalised

2024-06-06T14:29:00+01:00

H2S exposure at a sugar refining plant and a fire at a metal hardening plant each led to one worker death 

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EcoHealth Alliance fights back against US government funding suspension

2024-06-05T13:30:00+01:00

New York-based non-profit will file documents refuting allegations about inadequate oversight of NIH-funded research in China just before the pandemic

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Explainer: how chemistry powers heat pumps

2024-06-04T08:03:00+01:00

Seen as an answer to low-carbon heating we look at how they work and what their future holds

Research

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Redox reactions ‘mine’ old fluorescent light bulbs for europium

2024-06-07T08:30:00+01:00

In just three simple steps rare earth element can be recovered, avoiding ‘ecologically devastating’ mining

Graphene

Oxygen-free conditions are key to high-quality graphene

2024-06-06T08:42:00+01:00

Chemical vapour deposition in an oxygen-free environment allows fast, reproducible graphene production and minimises defects

Structure

Study questions sustainability benefits of replacing palladium with nickel in cross-coupling reactions

2024-06-06T08:38:00+01:00

Common belief that Earth-abundant metals are green replacements for palladium may be misleading

Structure

New metal-free MOFs show early promise for nuclear chemistry

2024-06-03T13:30:00+01:00

Discovery of counterparts to metal-organic frameworks guided by crystal-structure prediction tools

Electric Arc Furnace at the Materials Processing Institute

Recycled construction waste could cut cement and steel’s carbon footprint

2024-05-31T11:42:00+01:00

Cement can be regenerated during steel recycling in an electric arc furnace

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Biocatalysis – A cross-RSC collection

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Biocatalysis Faraday Discussion

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Myth busting: Chemists, the public and the media

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Innovating for the future of sustainable labs

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Features

Synthetic data

Why are computational chemists making up their data?

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‘Synthetic data’ is being used in chemistry, but is it something we should worry about? Hayley Bennett explains

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How DDT went from triumph to tragedy

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Few compounds have a story as controversial as this insecticide. Mike Sutton traces the tale from its beginning 150 years ago

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One of these vials is contaminated with nanoplastics. Chemistry can tell us which one

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

Antiaromaticity

Illuminating antiaromaticity

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Aromaticity’s dark alter-ego is ready to emerge into the sunlight. James Mitchell Crow talks to the scientists trying to exploit the instability

Upcoming webinars

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Empowering voices: Advancing social mobility in the chemical sciences

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LGBTQ+ in Stem: Using data to foster inclusion – Part 1

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The science of CBD: exploring safe limits

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