All Chemistry World articles in August 2024
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Opinion
What’s lurking in your drink and drugs?
How to test illicit substances at festivals and identify the rodent in your beer
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Opinion
Medicinal chemistry’s biological blind spots
Despite advances in modern medicine, there are some big gaps in our knowledge
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Careers
Long hours are a short-term solution for skills shortages
Instead, we need to invest in making careers more attractive
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Feature
How a new strategy aims to break the catalytic speed limit
The Sabatier principle normally defines the maximum reaction rate enabled by catalyst materials, but scientists now think that they can go even faster, explains Andy Extance
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Opinion
Ijeoma Uchegbu: ‘My approach is always to be kind’
The innovative nanoscientist on the power of kindness and how she scrubbed eugenicists from campus buildings
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Opinion
Letters: August 2024
Readers share their connections to the Flixborough disaster, discuss the importance of inorganic neurochemistry and more
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Opinion
A holistic approach to success
Three activities that helped me to thrive in academia and beyond
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Opinion
What science communication can learn from a summer of sport
Alice Motion suggests ways scientists can take inspiration from how events like the Olympics engage with viewers
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Opinion
The power of a printed chart
Even in this online era, some things are still best kept on paper
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Careers
Should I stay or should I go?
Two colleagues in academia and industry reflect on their career choices
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Careers
Inspiration on a surfboard and in the chemistry classroom
Sarah Gerhardt’s curiosity connects her passions for science, teaching and surfing
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Opinion
Can supercapacitors be the next energy superheroes?
Offering complementary properties to batteries, their time might be round the corner
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Feature
Fast charging supercapacitors
Rapid development of the alternative energy storage technology to rechargeable batteries is already having real world impact. James Mitchell Crow talks to the scientists working on upping their performance
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News
Red Sea attacks are reshaping chemical supply chains
High demand and reduced capacity have kept freight prices high
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Opinion
How hoarding knowledge is hurting the industry in the long run
Sharing results that are not commercially viable would speed up research
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News
Japanese chemistry institute sues archival site for hosting discontinued journal
Case could set an important precedent if it reaches court
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Feature
Is DNA the future of digital data storage?
DNA is being explored as a long-term solution to preserving digital information for future generations. Nina Notman reports
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News
Spanish government unveils new cross-collaborative strategy for scientific policy
Prime minister announces creation of national office to advise politicians on science