Many animals are thought to use the Earth’s magnetic field as an internal compass. The question of how pigeons do this is contested – it could be light sensitive proteins in the eye, or iron in their beaks. In this new theory, it’s more of a gut feeling.

Covalency in the actinides is a debated idea, one that is tricky to prove. A new ‘experimental anchor’ provides evidence.

Victoria Atkinson on the sound-activated antibacterial that represents 'a powerful framework for treatments that could beat antibiotic-resistant microorganisms'

Fawzi Abou-Chahine talks to a mid-career scientist who lost his job to find out how the dismissal process works and how to make sure you're fairly treated throughout.

When click chemistry arrived, eyes were opened and chemists took notice. @mwakley.bsky.social explains why the concept was so revolutionary – and how has it changed over more than two decades.

Change for the sake of change, or something that should already have been addressed? Mark Elliott delves into the technical and logistical challenges of teaching the inductive effect.

This evidence is the culmination of twenty years of investigation. ‘It’s been quite a long battle,’ shares Lai-Sheng Wang. www.chemistryworld.com/news/boron-e...

Chris Nawrat asks what makes a good total synthesis, looks at some noteworthy examples and explains why beauty can be in the eye of the beholder.

Many generic drugs are now made mainly outside of Europe, especially in China & India, which is now viewed as a supply risk. Read about the rules the EU is now introducing: www.chemistryworld.com/news/eu-look...

‘Respect for expertise, evidence & free inquiry cannot be taken for granted, and professional & learned societies have an increasingly important role to play in making this case to politicians & society,’ says the next @rsc.org president-elect. www.chemistryworld.com/news/david-l...

Monitoring the oceans’ biogeochemical cycles has never been more critical. On 15 June, we’ll bring experts together for a webinar on ocean warming, its impact & how science is rising to the challenge of preserving ocean health: @rsc.org #ChemSky #Marine #Ocean www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/mar...

Taking inspiration from how nature can combine small building blocks, the team first described a handful of ‘spring-loaded’ synthetic reactions that ‘click’ two molecules together in 2001. #ChemSky @mwakley.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/25-year...

AkzoNobel says its merger with Axalta offers a ‘compelling strategic rationale and benefits’ during a period of consolidation for the sector. @broadwithp.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/akzonob...

From deep ocean depths to the highest mountain peaks; arctic chill to intense volcanic heats, the microscopic world is filled with unique adaptations. Join us 30 June to hear from two experts in extremophiles: www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/one...

Using photothermal IR – which enables analysis of smaller particles – Clough & colleagues found that tiny stearate deposits were inflating their microplastics results. www.chemistryworld.com/news/lab-glo...

Older scientists are less likely to be performing disruptive research as they’re likely already building on the disruptive work they did in their youth. @dalmeet.bsky.social reports: www.chemistryworld.com/news/scienti...

Flow cell kits and instructions were sent out to different groups, who ran the electrochemical tests on their own. Their data was then collected, anonymised & analysed together in one place. Read about the project here: www.chemistryworld.com/news/small-e...

It was a pleasure to talk to Manisha for this article in @chemistryworld.com: "Supporting pregnant chemists" www.chemistryworld.com/careers/supp...

Once the portable air sampling devices are back in the laboratory, the team then extracts and purifies DNA from the filters for analysis using nanopore sequencing. @mwakley.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/detecti...

The Australian government alleges 3M withheld a range of information and misrepresented the effects of the company’s aqueous film-forming foams, including what it knew about the products’ environmental risks. @frankbriggs.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/austral...

Webinar recording @chemistryworld.com Shine a light on your chemistry with in-situ photo-NMR, learn how benchtop NMR can be integrated with the sample illumination to characterize light-activated reactions in-situ www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/shi... #NMRchat 🧲 @oxfordinstruments.bsky.social

‘My biggest learning from this experience was to think in systems and numbers, and to be able to zoom into details,’ writes Florian Bay. www.chemistryworld.com/careers/a-ca...

All about electrons. How is quantum computing help us understand the interactions of electrons in larger and larger protein-ligand systems? Listen to our latest podcast episode where the chemical breakdown team discuss 👇 #Quantum #Modelling #Proteins www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/qua...

‘For the past few hundred years, scientific research has been guided by a reductionist philosophy: if a molecule doesn’t have the function you want, you discard it,’ says Ben Zhong Tang. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/ben-...

Discovery histories are often used as windows into the practice of science, past & present. Join us 10 June with authors looking beyond the simple stories of our elements to explore the wider context of discovery: @worldscientific.bsky.social @rsc.org #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/dis...

Led by scientists at the Naval Medical University in Shanghai, the system detects the three agents through coumarin-based fluorescent sensors. @frankbriggs.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/three-i...

It mimics phosphate, kills cancer cells in the lab and almost changed how we treat diabetes. So why has a vanadium compound never made it to the clinic? @robinson-julia.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/vanadiu...

Just a month until a fascinating webinar exploring the chemistry of soap. In the free one-hour session, we’ll hear from Julian Silverman on his latest book ‘How and why soap works’ who will also deliver live demonstrations: @rsc.org @rscbooks.rsc.org #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/how...

Jingye had planned to install electric arc furnaces at Scunthorpe, but negotiations over government support for the project fell through. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/brit...

‘Conceived by Barry Sharpless, click chemistry’s simple idea got some organic chemists a wee bit upset when it was first articulated,’ writes M G Finn. www.chemistryworld.com/click-chemis...

The chemical breakdown team dig into how researchers uncovered contamination inflating their microplastic pollution results & trace the developments from an emerging area of study. Listen to our latest episode: #Microplastics #Pollution #Chemistry @rsc.org www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/qua...

AkzoNobel says its merger with Axalta offers a ‘compelling strategic rationale and benefits’. @broadwithp.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/akzonob...

‘There was probably a whole additional day’s work a week for several months, where I was doing all the administration around putting into place cover for every single aspect of my job during my leave,’ materials chemist Rachel Evans explains. www.chemistryworld.com/careers/supp...

Join us at 3pm BST on 10 June to unpack how scientific discoveries were actually made beyond the simplified versions that reach our textbooks. @worldscientific.bsky.social @rsc.org #ChemSky #scientific #discovery #history www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/dis...

To assess the extent of true microplastic pollution, lead researcher Madeline Clough returned to each site and repeated sampling without gloves. The difference was vast. #Chemsky #microplastics #pollution #research #analysis www.chemistryworld.com/news/lab-glo...

‘One of the most persistent structural gaps is the weak integration of entrepreneurial and policy education within scientific training.’ writes Sandile Mtetwa. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/afri...

The team analysed 210 samples from 92 homes and 12 public drinking fountains across 28 of London’s boroughs, screening for 38 PFAS compounds. @rsc.org www.chemistryworld.com/news/londons...

Quantum computing in the world of large protein system modelling and how did one team uncover a strange contaminate skewing their microplastic results? All this & more in our latest podcast, listen here 👇 #ChemSky #Quantum #Computing #Microplastic #Pollution www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/qua...

‘Life was harsh. In the poor countryside, you had to work hard & in some busy seasons, you had almost no time to sleep. I never imagined I’d have the chance to receive a university education,’ says polymer chemist Ben Zhong Tang. Read our latest In Situ: www.chemistryworld.com/ben-zhong-ta...

Don’t worry if you missed these data visualisation workshops with JMP Software. You can still register here and watch back the recordings in your own time: #ChemSky #SponsoredPost #Data #Visualisation #Workshops www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/vis...

Environmental geochemist Elliott Skierszkan colleagues have studied the effects of melting permafrost runoff on the Yukon and Mackenzie river basins in North America. www.chemistryworld.com/news/climate...

With 1.7 billion pieces of plastic discarded nationally each week, Nina Notman unravels how depolymerisation could contribute to a more circular economy by increasing plastic recycling rates & reducing waste. Read: @ninanotman.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/features/how...

‘The applications of click chemistry will continue to grow in a self-reinforcing loop, connecting chemists to materials scientists, engineers, biologists, clinicians and many others,’ writes M G Finn. #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/click-chemis...

A new handbook aims to help chemists reduce energy & waste and collaborate with other departments or institutes. What has your department or group been exploring to improve the lab’s environmental outlook? Tell us below👇 @rsc.org @rsc-eic.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/handboo...

‘The current government policy of non-intervention exposes chemistry departments like Nottingham & Sheffield,’ says research policy analyst Paul Nightingale. www.chemistryworld.com/university-o...

The fluorescent sensor combines a coumarin moiety that reacts with cyanide & an imidazole group that delivers a response to sarin and mustard gas, with an internal reference probe used to distinguish between sarin & sulfur mustard. @frankbriggs.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/three-i...

The implosion happened on 26 May at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility in Longview, around 130 miles south of Seattle. @mwakley.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/11-pres...

The review that launched a new field has now been cited almost 20,000 times – one of the most influential chemistry papers written. @mwakley.bsky.social charts the yellow-click road from the 2001 work to today’s new approaches & looks to the next 25 years: www.chemistryworld.com/news/25-year...

Despite London’s surface waters being among the most contaminated in the UK, the drinking water contains only very low concentrations of forever chemicals. Read here: www.chemistryworld.com/news/londons...

‘It’s quite clear that this water is going to be catastrophic from an environmental standpoint,’ says environmental geochemist Elliott Skierszkan. www.chemistryworld.com/news/climate...