Department closure follows series of similar proposals at UK universities
The UN’s plastics treaty negotiations have faced many hurdles, but delegates are getting closer to a final agreement
Technique offers a way to get around problems with hard-to-crystallise proteins, already scoring impressive successes with a Parkinson’s protein
The poison found in castor beans so deadly a single molecule can kill a cell
Why runners are taking pills containing a common kitchen ingredient
Record-high numbers of drugs are in short supply, from chemotherapy and antibiotics to hormone replacements
What are ‘evergreening’ and ‘thicketing’ and what is being done to reform the system and aid competition?
Chemistry Nobel laureate John Jumper says latest version of AlphaFold is making good progress on interactions between molecules and protein
AI models outperform human chemists in every topic area. But are they really better chemists?
System offers route for rapid testing, analysis and interpretation of a wide range of chemistries
List reveals how machine learning is already changing the central science
Research that has taken us from sequence to structure and back again
David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were rewarded for creating computational tools to design proteins and predict their structures that have ‘revolutionised biological chemistry’
AI prediction model often fails to identify fold-switching, helping show how it works and the limits of its usefulness
Protein structure prediction, efficient simulations and clean energy among the fields tipped for recognition by chemistry’s top prize
Collapsing burrows, not volcanoes, killed the dinosaurs in China’s Yixian Formation
Africa represents 12.5% of world’s population but less than 1% of its research output
Scientists unite to investigate objects that shut down beaches in New South Wales
Department closure follows series of similar proposals at UK universities
Two schemes aim to fund rapid responses to emerging research and address specific challenges
Questions raised over copyright licence that covers images created using scientific illustration service Biorender
Disputes over treaty’s scope remain as original deadline passes
The UN’s plastics treaty negotiations have faced many hurdles, but delegates are getting closer to a final agreement
UK well-positioned to become a leader in animal-free testing
A new declaration on solid waste has been endorsed by seven of the 10 largest emitters in the organic waste sector
Acting at the gas-liquid-solid interface to permit carbon dioxide and water to react, the catalyst achieves 80% efficiency
Holistic analysis combines models and experiments to find the sorbent that works for each industrial site
New analysis suggests that vegetation is less able to offset climate change than had previously been calculated
Winners today come, on average, from less wealthy families than when the prize began but there is still a long way to go
Analysis of publications reveals that, on average, women ‘survive’ as long as men across 16 scientific disciplines
The announcement made by India’s science and technology minister aims to foster more cross-disciplinary research
University of Nottingham chemist will begin his tenure in 2026