All Chemistry World articles in June 2023
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Opinion
Letters: June 2023
Readers discuss energy strategies and the rarity of rare earth metals, and call for survey volunteers
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Careers
When will funders take action on PhD and postdoc conditions?
Campaigns in the UK, Ireland and Canada await announcements
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Business
The diabetes drugs aiming to aid weight loss
Can peptide hormone mimics avoid the side effect pitfalls of previous weight loss treatments?
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Opinion
Catalysing the clean-up of methamphetamine
Closing a meth lab is just the first step towards making it safe
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Careers
Giving technicians the recognition they deserve
Schemes such as the Technician Commitment are starting to address problems with authorship and career development
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Opinion
Returning to the moon
It’s been a while, but space agencies are starting to plan their trips back to our satellite, with the goal of building semi-permanent bases
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Research
Cheaper method to capture carbon dioxide could shake up industry
Guanidinium sulfate-based clathrate salt can cage the gas cheaply and release it easily
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Research
Carbene chemistry built into microbe’s metabolism in first for biosynthesis
Proof-of-concept work opens pathway to bacteria engineered to synthesise new-to-nature products
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Feature
The race to build a base on the moon
Nina Notman talks to scientists helping to return humans to the moon – for good this time
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Opinion
Margaret Faul: ‘Stand for what you think is right’
The pharmaceutical executive on why chemistry clicked for her, and life as a female organic chemist in the drug industry
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News
New results vindicate suspect 63-year-old claim on synthesis of first catenane
Researchers hoping to debunk Edel Wasserman’s doubted claims of the first interlinked rings end up supporting them
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Opinion
Regulators must follow their heads, not their hearts
The 2019 US approval of antibiotic Recarbrio seems not to have met the normally expected standards
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Research
Ladder-like polymer that could halt electrical overheating divides opinion
Questions raised over reported structure and whether the polymer can even perform as researchers hope
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Research
Saturn’s rings found to be a youthful, recent addition to the planet
Nasa’s Cassini probe reveals dust and ice around the planet is only a few hundred million years old
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News
Dedicated committee needed to tackle research reproducibility problems in the UK
UK House of Commons report suggests government needs to play a bigger role addressing issues affecting science