All Chemistry World articles in September 2023
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Opinion
Shirley Meng: 'I think science is as beautiful as art'
The materials science pioneer on her Chinese heritage, experience as a female scientist, and the actual measure of success
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Research
Flip-flopping aromaticity breaks fluorescence rule
Azulene switches between anti-aromaticity and aromaticity in its excited states, offering an explanation for why it doesn’t follow Kasha’s rule
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Research
Polyurethane foams given a new lease of life as high-performance 3D printing inks
Upcycling method paves way to work with other hard to reuse thermoset plastics
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Feature
The drug developers fighting the antibiotic resistance problem
Andy Extance talks to the researchers innovating across different drug classes in the hunt to develop new treatments
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Opinion
Valerie Mizrahi: ‘There’s no control to the experiment of life’
The world-leading tuberculosis researcher on switching specialities and living in a racially divided nation
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Opinion
Resistant to change
Curbing industrial practices that drive antimicrobial resistance needs tighter regulation and enforcement
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Business
How can we maintain the effectiveness of existing antimicrobials?
Reducing environmental pollution and tackling quality issues to stave off resistance
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Careers
Sharing antimicrobial expertise with Parliament
Emily Stevenson is one of two interns working alongside Green Party peer, Baroness Natalie Bennett
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Feature
Who will pay for new antibiotics?
Governments around the world are starting to consider alternative funding models and incentives for antibiotics. Katrina Megget asks if it is enough
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Opinion
Surviving in the war of all against all
Cancers and bacteria develop resistance to drugs in remarkably similar ways
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Research
A force against fungi
With antifungal resistance on the rise, Leah Cowen’s lab wants to identify molecules that can capitalise on vulnerabilities in fungal pathogens
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Feature
Charting the rise in antimicrobial resistance
We look at the data behind antibiotic drug discovery and development, bacterial resistance and the financial problems with the current business model
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Opinion
Letters: September 2023
Readers estimate the contribution of lithium mining on power consumption, consider Alzheimer’s antibody therapies and more
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Puzzle
September 2023 puzzles
Download the puzzles from the September 2023 print issue of Chemistry World
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Careers
How to use large language models in chemistry
Five ways that chemists can use GPT-4 and other generative AI tools
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Careers
Mandatory events aren’t relaxing
Giving employees options for how to de-stress is better for preventing burnout