Without the assistance of ants, what the researchers described as 'a pleasing mouthfeel' might have been a different story.

£60 million will go towards a data, technology and expertise hub to promote collaboration, along with a separate centre aimed at simplifying regulatory approval for products.

Methanol-related poisoning events are worryingly frequent. A spate of deaths occurred in Turkey at the start of 2025, with nine more suffering the same fate in Jordan in July.

'The idea is that the installation always features people that are in the room at that time; the audience becomes a part of the installation'

The Nobel prize winner initially earned a degree in zoology, then completed a PhD in the subject at Indiana University Bloomington. He passed away aged 97.

CW's Phillip Broadwith outlines the sequence of events.

Safripol's parent company, KAP Industrial, brought the lawsuit.

The new report asked in excess of 800 people what they thought about scientific research, with only 29% saying they felt connected.

Researchers have developed an AI-guided antibody design process that creates epitope-binding proteins from scratch.

Political disagreements saw the country lose its associated status in July 2021, but Switzerland are now back again.

A Greek researcher has won her court battle against the EU's anti-corruption agency that accused her of misuse of grant funding 5 years ago. An EU court ruled that the fraud agency breached her confidentiality and violated her presumption of innocence.

Meet an interdisciplinary team that has recreated a traditional yoghurt-making method from the Balkans and Türkiye, revealing how ants produce formic acid to kickstart milk coagulation while contributing flavour-enhancing bacteria and enzymes.

The UK government is keen for the country to reduce animal testing in research, but scientists are warning that this isn't feasible in many areas of science.

Spiked drinks containing methanol kill hundreds every year and can leave survivors blind. We look at the chemistry behind these poisonings and the recommendations on how to protect yourself.

We talked to PhD student Emma Brass about how her work in chemistry and AI inspired her recent art installation at the Liverpool River of Light festival.

The EU and Switzerland have officially signed off on Switzerland's re-entry into the bloc's research programmes, including Horizon Europe.

AI has helped researchers design antibodies that bind to antigenic sites with atomic-level precision.

UK public support for R&D is ‘broad but shallow’, warns a science group after conducting interviews with over 8000 people.

Safripol is south Africa's biggest producer of polymer materials, and is reliant on Sasol for ethylene supplies. It says Sasol's high prices mean it cannot compete with cheaper imported plastic products.

Waste from beer brewing has been spun into a sustainable yarn for producing clothes. The protein-based thread is stronger than wool, and its inventors are already scaling up to produce tonnes of the yarn before the end of the year.

Pfizer's revised deal increased from up to $7 billion including performance related milestone payments, to a package that could reach over $9 billion.

A cheap universal antivenom could save thousands of lives every year. Llamas and alpacas are helping bring this dream closer with their unusual antibodies.

Join us tomorrow, 11 November, to celebrate 200 years of benzene. We'll be joined by Judy Wu and Nazario Martín, for an insightful exploration of the peculiar molecule that defied classification.

James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for the discovery of DNA's double helix structure, has died aged 97.

AI helped cut development time of a new antibiotic by 2 years, saving $1m, its developers claim. The antibiotic spares gut-friendly bacteria so could help IBD sufferers, but has only been tested in animals so far.

Emissions of this greenhouse gas are rising faster than expected – driven by fertiliser use and farming practices. It’s 273x more warming than CO₂ and the biggest destroyer of ozone left in our skies. Can science and smarter soil management turn the tide?

Pfizer and Novo Nordisk are in a bidding war over Metsera – a US biotech developing new weight loss drugs. Both suitors have upped their offers to around $10 billion, but Metsera says Novo's 'superior' offer could allow it to break its agreement with Pfizer. www.chemistryworld.com/news/pfizer-...

Arylating at every position on a thiophene ring has now been made easier with a modular synthetic strategy.

Protests against the Serbian government that began 1 year ago continue to this day with many students and academics taking part. In retaliation the government said only 5 hours/day could be spent on research and is now planning new measures.

This tool offers fast structure verification for organic chemists dealing with large numbers of spectra.

Two separate research teams in China have discovered clever new ways to improve the efficiency of Fischer–Tropsch reactions.

20 years of Restek’s biphenyl phase – a column that has stood the test of time. #SponsoredPost

20 years of Restek’s biphenyl phase – a column that has stood the test of time.

Researchers at Newcastle University and the University of Birmingham have discovered a mechanochemical method to upcycle PTFE (aka Teflon) into valuable fluorinated building blocks — all without solvents or high temperatures. See the method here.

The @thewelchfoundation.bsky.social Welch Conference 2025 is free to attend – in Houston or online. Theme: Drug Discovery | Oct 27–28 #SponsoredPost

From launch to legacy: Restek’s biphenyl phase continues to support analysts in a changing industry. #SponsoredPost

Model could help chemists uncover new reaction pathways by revealing hidden relationships between the forces driving chemical transformations.

Six years after the recommendation was made to the House of Commons, the UK’s furniture and fire safety regulations have been amended to remove bioaccumulating chemicals from certain baby and children’s products.

Promethean has completed an initial shipment of 4 tonnes of the material.

Vanessa Seifert on what to keep in mind when talking about genuinely chemical discoveries.

A ‘groundbreaking new synthetic approach’ to Swern oxidation has been developed by a group at the University of Greenwich. What potential does this hold for the future of oxidation?

Business editor Phillip Broadwith shares his thoughts on the future of spin-outs in the face of a changing investment climate.

Age is no barrier to starting a PhD. Three current students share how their wider life experiences have been an asset to their research.

Radium monofluoride could help physicists investigate the standard model, owing to radium-225's unusual pear-shaped nucleus.

Nine @thewelchfoundation.bsky.social Welch Award winners later won Nobel Prizes. Might this prize have predictive power?

Scientists are voicing their concerns over two beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron are at risk of closure because of a lack of funding.

What does two decades of chromatographic reliability look like? Discover the legacy of Restek’s biphenyl phase. #SponsoredPost

Concerns over children and babies' exposure to flame retardant chemicals in the UK has resulted in changes to fire safety regulations.

An electrochemical approach to the classic Swern oxidation converts alcohols to aldehydes and ketones at room temperature, eliminating the need for dangerous reagents and extreme conditions.

Promethean’s process uses a proprietary solvothermal flow reactor, which ‘improves reaction kinetics, leading to significantly shorter reaction times’ than batch processes, and decreases costs significantly at higher production volumes.