Episode 2 of our news podcast will be published shortly. Missed the first one? Host Mariana Kneppers gives you the latest headlines, then talks total synthesis, followed by halogen-bond catalysis, with the guests.

Episode 1 of our brand-new chemistry podcast is here! Host Mariana Kneppers gives you the latest headlines, then sits down for a chat with CW staff Jennifer Newton and Jamie Durrani. They first discuss total synthesis, then take on a different subject: halogen-bond catalysis.

I spoke to staff at @uniofleicester.bsky.social who told me at least 9 chemistry staff were at risk of redundancy under new proposals that would see the school of chemistry merge with the school of geography, geology and the environment: www.chemistryworld.com/university-o... @chemistryworld.com

Have you signed up to watch our webinar yet? This Friday, we'll welcome a handful of experts to join us at 3pm BST for an exciting and spontaneous webinar. If chemistry is your thing, you will not want to miss this!

Congratulations to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi! For more reaction, follow our live blog.

It's the most exciting day of the year - the announcement of the Nobel prize in chemistry. Stay up to date on all the latest news with the @chemistryworld.com live blog www.chemistryworld.com/news/the-202...

Bayesian optimisation and related techniques offer great promise for data discovery. Phil Kay explains how understanding behavioural barriers and rapidly evolving tech is paramount to success. Learn more 14 October in our JMP webinar. #SponsoredContent

Are you still working like a scientist hunter-gatherer? Phil Kay explains how understanding our instincts can help us stop foraging for data and start using statistical tools – find out more in our JMP-sponsored webinar on 14 October. #SponsoredContent

Inspiring discussion today at #LINO25 with Ben Feringa and Jean-Pierre Sauvage about how molecular machines will drive innovation across many different fields. But what is a molecular machine? Take 2 polls to help inform Iupac's upcoming definition: www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/take...

Worried about your research? Check out this guide on how to identify and address stirring problems! #ChemSky

A little more about why I returned the #royalsociety Faraday Prize, with a question for everyone to ponder. #musk https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/why-i-returned-the-faraday-prize-to-the-royal-society/4021668.article

UK chemicals industry has learned some lessons from the past & now sees relatively few serious incidents. But when incidents are rare, investment in safety is an easy target for budget cuts, whose impact may not be seen for years, but could be catastrophic. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/safe...

Life goal achieved: appear on the cover of a magazine

🚨 Today @chemistryworld.com launched a new collection on women's health. From menstruation to menopause, the articles reveal the stark gaps in medical research that have left women overlooked for far too long, and the people working to change the narrative: www.chemistryworld.com/collections/... 🔬💊

Historically, sex and gender have been ignored when it comes to medical research, and it's led to a big difference in our understanding of women's health. @robinson-julia.bsky.social talks to the researchers and clinicians trying to address that gap. #ScienceSky

Trump wants more medicines be manufactured in the US. And he’s brandishing both tariff stick and red-tape-cutting carrot. But it takes years to build new plants, so investment decisions are unlikely to have been significantly swayed by Trump's policies. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/rebu...

Phil Kay has a small problem with how the chemistry community handles data. A lack of standardisation across data storage doesn't just hurt efficiency and collaboration, but potentially patient safety too. But there is hope of change on the horizon. #ChemSky #ScienceSky

There is a chronic shortage of labs for UK companies that are starting up and scaling up. It’s been holding back growth for years. Declining demand for shops and offices in cities provides an opportunity to develop new labs, but they need to be flexible www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/givi...

The 2016 Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded 'for the design and synthesis of molecular machines'. Ironically, we do not know exactly what constitutes a molecular machine. With the ultimate goal of unifying definitions and standardising terminology, Iupac needs your help! #ChemSky #ScienceSky

It's me, briefly touching on one of the craziest things in chemistry - 'disappearing' polymorphs!

Epi editors change the activity of individual genes without altering genetic code, and could help treat many diseases. To learn more, I spoke with scientists from four companies at the cutting edge of this entirely new type of medicine 🧪 #chemsky www.chemistryworld.com/news/epigene...

What happens in a bankruptcy when a company's main asset is its customers' personal genetic information? We're about to find out as 23andMe goes through a court-supervised sale process. Who will buy the firm's genetic databank, and what will they do with it? www.chemistryworld.com/decoding-23a...

Get news that covers the breadth of the chemical industries with @broadwithp.bsky.social's unbiased expertise in our free weekly newsletter Industry Brief. Sign up today! www.chemistryworld.com/newsletters

Official US shortages of semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro/Zepbound) have now ended, but the first generics are gearing up for launch in 2026 in some markets. So companies are looking for the next generation of drugs.

Come and join us! Get a head start in science journalism with the @chemistryworld.com internship this summer.

‘Let me just say this clearly: Robert F Kennedy Jr is not the right person to lead the HHS,’ Parikh...to massive applause. ‘He is not the right person because solving disease, curing disease, addressing health, requires a search for truth, requires science.’ www.chemistryworld.com/news/aaas-le...

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

Looking for all your favourite writers and editors on @chemistryworld.bsky.social? I've put together a handy starter pack with them all go.bsky.app/Gd82ia9

Come work with us! Great job as a science media producer @chemistryworld.bsky.social. Good pay and benefits and you can work from Cambridge or remotely and work with a very talented group of science communicators. #scicomm #scijobs #chemsky careers-rsc.icims.com/jobs/3607/sc...

Today is my last working day of 2024! So here's a thread with highlights of the articles I've published this year – which also marked @chemistryworld.bsky.social's 20th anniversary! Let's start in January, with this feature on editing the backbones of polymers www.chemistryworld.com/features/edi...

Last day in the office, so it's time to look back at 2024's highlights. Back in April, I reported on how the fascinating Davy Notebooks Project was offering new – and not all nice – insights into one of chemistry’s most well-known historic figures. #ChemSky 🧪 www.chemistryworld.com/news/davy-no...

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To mark 2 decades of Chemistry World publications, @broadwithp.bsky.social speaks with 20 chemists who became members of @roysocchem.bsky.social in 2004, when the magazine launched. Their careers cover a multitude of different roles, countries and experiences. www.chemistryworld.com/features/20-...

Great to hear the news that the University of Reading council has decided that the department of #chemistry will be retained/not be merged into the school of pharmacy. There will be some restructuring but for now the department will stay open. Full story to come soon @chemistryworld.bsky.social