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Chinese researchers charged with smuggling plant pathogen into the US
Fungus described by government as ‘agroterrorism weapon’ was allegedly brought into the US for study at a University of Michigan lab
NSF chemistry funding faces 75% cut under Trump budget request
Sanofi to buy Blueprint Medicines for over $9 billion
‘Chemistry changed the world before, we just need to do it again’: Stockholm declaration reimagines future
Chemists urged to build a greener future by Stockholm declaration document
Non-hallucinogenic psychedelics
In depth
What are the prospects for making green hydrogen straight from seawater?
Competing with better-established desalination coupled with electrolysis, direct seawater splitting technologies are targeting niches
Explainer: Why is the UK banning disposable vapes?
Prior to the ban, almost seventy million single-use e-cigarettes were being discarded each year in the UK – containing enough lithium for a thousand electric vehicle batteries
Why does asparagus make my urine smell?
The chemistry of the organosulfur compounds that result in a fragrant toilet
Why are public health experts calling for new warnings on sugar-free slushies?
Reports of children falling ill have led to calls for public health advice to be updated
What on earth is going on with research funding in the US?
Untangling what the Trump administration’s directives and executive orders mean for federally funded science
AI predicts transition states with exceptional precision
Model can complete tasks in under a second that take conventional methods hours
Robot ramps up accuracy of AI salt stain identifier
Database with three times as many images as before boosts accuracy of technique to almost 99%
AI inspired by AlphaFold can predict chromatin structures found in chromosomes
System could help unravel how genome folding influences genes
Publishers need to provide guidelines on use of AI in research, says Wiley
Feedback from almost 5000 researchers helped inform publishing giant’s report
‘Chemistry will no longer be an exclusive club’: how AI is changing Omar Yaghi’s work
UC Berkeley’s reticular chemistry pioneer tells us about his new institute using AI to tackle climate change
AI can tell Scottish and American whiskies apart
Machine-learning method identifies prominent aromas
GPT-based AI tool predicts inorganic crystal structures
CrystaLLM uses GPT to arrange atoms, turning text-based data into numerical tokens
Worldwide
Explosion and fire at Chinese chemical plant kills five
Six others missing and 19 injured at Shandong Youdao Chemical
Egypt set to join Horizon Europe
Egypt will be the second African nation to fully associate to the EU’s flagship research programme
Working towards an Australian First Nations periodic table
Zahra Khan finds out how a team of scholars is working with the Gadigal to develop a chart that celebrates Indigenous knowledge of the chemical elements
University of Akron calls off plan to merge chemistry-related programmes
‘Retrenchment’ strategy to combine polymer science with chemical engineering and chemistry is averted, following voluntary layoffs
French chemist receives two-year research ban for repeated integrity breaches
A year on from the announcement of the dichloromethane ban, US research labs brace for change
ERC increases funding offer to support scientists moving to Europe
Universities and academic groups join forces to fend off Trump’s attacks
US plans to close Chemical Safety Board by October
Government says CSB duplicates capabilities in other agencies
Alan Turing papers expected to sell for thousands after narrowly missing the shredder
Collection includes personal copy of Turing’s sole chemistry paper
US plans to close Chemical Safety Board by October
Government says CSB duplicates capabilities in other agencies
US government to ‘aggressively revoke’ Chinese students’ visas
Serious concerns raised over plan to cancel the visas of students from China studying in ‘critical fields’
UK government announces 10-year budgets for R&D
Policy details to be announced at next spending review
Trade deals stave off Trump’s tariffs temporarily
ERC increases funding offer to support scientists moving to Europe
Universities and academic groups join forces to fend off Trump’s attacks
US approves natural food dyes while pushing to phase out synthetic colours
Trump’s ‘skinny budget’ has plans to cut science and research to the bone
Trump-appointed US science agency director resigns
Out of the suburbs: the rise of urban labs
UK funding agency to support controversial climate cooling research
Critics warn against shifting focus from emissions reduction towards ‘speculative’ cooling technologies
Under legal pressure American Chemical Society ends diversity programme
The society is replacing its 30-year-old Scholars Program for minorities with a larger one that does not consider race
Analysis reveals ethnic minority applicants’ grant success rates still lower
Engineering and physical sciences’ review panels in UK more likely to award white researchers
American Chemical Society diversity programme comes under attack
Lawsuit argues that ACS’ Scholars Program discriminates against white and Asian applicants
New year honours recognise chemists’ services to inclusion and diversity
Services to biogeochemistry, science in government, and science and technology also rewarded in annual list
Nobel prize winners far more likely to come from wealthy families highlighting inequality in the sciences
Women stay in science far longer than thought, study of OECD countries suggests
Indian scheme to provide 300 research grants for women
Next president of the Royal Society of Chemistry will be Robert Mokaya
Gender equality report highlights progress and challenges for women in research