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  • Q&A |

    Lara Mosunmola Lalemi, PhD student at the University of Bristol and founder of the Creative Tuition Collective, shares with Nature Chemistry some of her projects — from climate chemistry to social justice — to improve our environment in all senses of the term.

    • Anne Pichon

  • Q&A |

    Jennifer Leigh and Jennifer Hiscock, both from the University of Kent, UK, share with Nature Chemistry the origins of the Women In Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) network, as well as some of the projects underway to try to help change the culture of this area of chemistry from the bottom up.

    • Anne Pichon

  • Q&A |

    Sibusiso Biyela, science communicator and journalist in South Africa, talks to Nature Chemistry about the decolonization of science through science communication.

    • Anne Pichon

  • Thesis |

    Michelle Francl reminds #ChemistsWhoCook to look at the chemistry behind the cooking.

    • Michelle Francl

  • Thesis |

    The periodic table of elements should be celebrated not only for the order it brings, but also for the fascinating stories underlying this icon of science, suggests Juris Meija.

    • Juris Meija

  • Q&A |

    Krystal Vasquez, PhD student at Caltech, talks to Nature Chemistry about her experiences as an atmospheric researcher — both in the lab with her favourite instruments and in the scientific community as a disabled scientist — as well as her love for science writing.

    • Anne Pichon

  • Q&A |

    Gemma Tracey talks to Nature Chemistry about ingrained inequalities in the research community and the role of funders in replacing privilege with equitable and transparent systems.

    • Anne Pichon

  • Q&A |

    The career paths of Alveda Williams and Cory Valente have closely mirrored each other — perhaps surprisingly so for a straight Black woman and a gay white man with very different childhoods. They talk to Nature Chemistry about their journeys from research and development roles to Dow’s inclusion and diversity team.

    • Anne Pichon

  • Thesis |

    Michelle Francl wonders if scientists ought to pen poetry.

    • Michelle Francl

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    M. Pilar Gil and Eli Zysman-Colman look back at the history of two periodic tables that date from the late nineteenth century.

    • M. Pilar Gil
    •  & Eli Zysman-Colman

  • Comment |

    The periodic table is immensely powerful for rationalizing many different properties of the chemical elements, but would turning it on its head make some important aspects easier to understand and give everyone a new perspective on chemistry?

    • Martyn Poliakoff
    • , Alexis D. J. Makin
    •  & Ellen Poliakoff

  • Editorial |

    The United Nations has declared 2019 to be the International Year of the Periodic Table to coincide with this iconic chemical chart turning 150 years old. We join in with the celebrations by publishing a collection of articles that explore the edges of the periodic system and look at some of the elements that do — and don’t — make up the table.

  • Comment |

    Scientists and non-scientists alike have long been dreaming of elements with mighty properties. Perhaps the fictional materials they have conjured up are not as far from reality as it may at first seem.

    • Suze Kundu

  • Editorial |

    The launch of Nature Chemistry in 2009 prompted some criticism of journal proliferation, but 100 issues later this young offender has matured into an accepted part of the publishing landscape.

  • Thesis |

    Michelle Francl reminds us that you don't need to look like Einstein to be a scientist.

    • Michelle Francl

  • Thesis |

    Michael Donnay and Michelle Francl want chemists to share the stories behind the work they do, and not be afraid to identify the heroines and heroes — and their epic adventures — that paved the way.

    • Michelle Francl
    •  & Michael Donnay

  • Thesis |

    Michelle Francl wonders if more chemists should be reading science fiction on the job.

    • Michelle Francl

  • Thesis |

    Michelle Francl suggests that chemists should relax and not fret over ambiguous language.

    • Michelle Francl

  • In Your Element |

    Brett F. Thornton and Shawn C. Burdette consider holmium's hotly contested discovery and later obscurity.

    • Brett F. Thornton
    •  & Shawn C. Burdette

  • Thesis |

    It's time to wake up and smell the chemistry, argues Michelle Francl.

    • Michelle Francl

  • Thesis |

    Bruce Gibb wonders whether our faith in chemistry — and what it can teach us about the Universe beyond our Earthly bounds — will have a role to play in the search for alien life.

    • Bruce C. Gibb

  • Thesis |

    Michelle Francl wonders if the harem effect in crystallography is overrated.

    • Michelle Francl

  • Thesis |

    Bruce Gibb looks back at some examples of irreproducible reactions in his own laboratory and suggests ways in which the reproducibility of chemical reactions can be maximized.

    • Bruce C. Gibb

  • Thesis |

    Bruce Gibb finds wonder in the landscape of chemistry research.

    • Bruce C. Gibb

  • Thesis |

    Michelle Francl takes a serious look at whether we should indulge in scientific humour.

    • Michelle Francl

  • Thesis |

    Michelle Francl ponders ways in which we can talk about chemistry without triggering chemophobia.

    • Michelle Francl

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