All Chemistry World articles in April 2018
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ReviewGraphene: the superstrong, superthin, and superversatile material that will revolutionize the world
A book that asks whether the ‘wonder material’ will live up to expectations
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FeatureSolvents and sustainability
Organic solvents make up a huge part of the waste from the chemical industry. Clare Sansom looks at efforts to reduce the loss or replace them entirely
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ReviewA lab of one’s own: science and suffrage in the first world war
Exploring the contributions and struggles of female scientists 100 years ago
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FeatureStep-by-step synthesis of DNA
Andy Extance discovers how scientists are delivering the extremely accurate DNA chemistry and biochemistry needed to make genes – and even genomes
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ReviewEnlightenment now: the case for reason, science, humanism and progress
Steven Pinker sets out to prove we’re living longer, healthier, safer, richer, freer, happier and more meaningful lives than ever before
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OpinionLetters: April 2018
Your letters on renaming the kilogram, quantum tunnelling and mechanochemistry
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OpinionFrances Arnold: 'I wanted to become an engineer of the biological world'
This revolutionary engineer loves to walk, travel, and learn from nature
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OpinionPowers of prediction
If the terrifyingly difficult problem of protein folding is getting closer to a solution, what other intractable problems are ripe for answering?
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ReviewExhibition: Deconstructing patterns
This year’s exhibition at the Francis Crick Insitute mixes art and science
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FeatureGo with the fold
From a seemingly impossible problem a few years ago, some researchers think that predicting the folded structures of protein could be solved pretty soon. James Mitchell Crow reports
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OpinionWill robots make you redundant?
Smart machines could soon outpace even the best organic chemist
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OpinionAbandoning science's jet set
We’re not ready to avoid conferences to cut our carbon footprints
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CareersThe science behind Formula E
DS Virgin Racing opens its doors to reveal the world of battery-powered motorsport
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BusinessFit for repurpose
Drugs that can be used for new indications offer a potentially cheaper pathway – but only if the investors can recoup their costs