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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/a-taste-of-wine-chemistry/3009718.article
A taste of wine chemistry | Feature | Chemistry World
Sep 24, 2024 - Nina Notman talks to the wine detectives uncovering the flavour molecules in our favourite tipples
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https://www.guysgab.com/tinder-chemistry-feature-could-end-your-swiping-nightmare/
Tinder's New Chemistry Feature Could End Your Swiping Nightmare
Feb 6, 2026 - If you’ve ever felt exhausted from endlessly swiping through Tinder profiles with little to show for it, you’re not alone. The dating app that literally...
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-robots-revolutionising-chemistry/4016798.article
The robots revolutionising chemistry | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - Researchers working with automated systems are pushing the boundaries of what chemists can achieve in the lab, reports James Mitchell Crow
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-chemistry-of-a-curry/4010617.article
The chemistry of a curry | Feature | Chemistry World
Sep 20, 2024 - Can chemistry help Nina Notman make a better curry?
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/are-everyday-chemicals-contributing-to-global-obesity/4016664.article
Are everyday chemicals contributing to global obesity? | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - Research in animal models suggests the simple ‘energy in, energy out’ model doesn’t tell the whole story. Anthony King talks to researchers worried about...
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-father-of-the-periodic-table/3009828.article
The father of the periodic table | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - Mike Sutton looks at how Mendeleev’s patience revealed periodicity in the elements
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-origin-of-homochirality/9073.article
The origin of homochirality | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - Why do so many biological molecules exist in just one chirality – and how did it emerge? Rachel Brazil reflects on life’s strange asymmetry
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/ordering-the-elements/6914.article
Ordering the elements | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - From the law of octaves to the periodic table as we know it, Mike Sutton traces how chemists put their house in order
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/fixing-medicines-gender-gap/4021459.article
Fixing medicine’s gender gap | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 11, 2025 - For centuries, the default subject in medicine research and training has been the male. Julia Robinson talks to the scientists and clinicians trying to improve...
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/industrys-water-sustainability-crisis/4019196.article
Industry’s water sustainability crisis | Feature | Chemistry World
Mar 18, 2026 - As the chemical industry decarbonises, will it require more water? Angeli Mehta looks at whether there is enough to go round
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/culture/the-discovery-of-radium-part-one/3010298.article
The discovery of radium – part one | Feature | Chemistry World
Sep 20, 2024 - The Curies discover something unexpected in pitchblende…
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-chemistry-in-your-cuppa/2500010.article
The chemistry in your cuppa | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - Katrina Megget finds there’s more to tea than just a great brew – it’s also chemically complex
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/is-modern-food-lower-in-nutrients/4018578.article
Is modern food lower in nutrients? | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - Studies suggest that our fruit and vegetables are losing nutrients. Bárbara Pinho examines the evidence and looks at the implications of a ‘nutrient collapse’
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-promise-of-drugs-that-send-proteins-to-the-shredder/4020775.article
The promise of drugs that send proteins to the shredder | Feature | Chemistry World
Jan 22, 2025 - Andy Extance charts how research into revolutionary targeted protein degradation therapies is moving from serendipity to strategic discovery
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-oceans-climate-challenge/4019188.article
The oceans’ climate challenge | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - Nina Notman speaks to the researchers unpicking the many ways the climate crisis is impacting our oceans – and vice versa
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/charting-the-rise-in-antimicrobial-resistance/4017897.article
Charting the rise in antimicrobial resistance | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - We look at the data behind antibiotic drug discovery and development, bacterial resistance and the financial problems with the current business model
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/culture/p-is-for-phosphorus/3010652.article
P is for phosphorus | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - A reporter from Alchemistry World reveals the unpleasant secret behind The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/why-do-people-believe-conspiracy-theories/4013473.article
Why do people believe conspiracy theories? | Feature | Chemistry World
Sep 20, 2024 - Rachel Brazil looks into the dangerous world of chemical conspiracy theories and asks the experts what we can do about it
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/do-asteroids-hold-the-key-to-life-on-earth/4011612.article
Do asteroids hold the key to life on Earth? | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - A series of missions are set to reveal the hidden secrets of the asteroids. Nina Notman explores the science of space rocks
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/how-crispr-went-from-niche-to-nobel/4012604.article
How Crispr went from niche to Nobel | Feature | Chemistry World
Feb 25, 2026 - Katrina Kramer tells the story of how Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna developed the gene editing tool that won them the 2020 Nobel prize in chemistry
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/culture/the-discovery-of-radium-part-two/3010418.article
The discovery of radium – part two | Feature | Chemistry World
Sep 20, 2024 - The Curies discover something unexpected in pitchblende
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/what-it-takes-to-make-a-new-element/1017677.article
What it takes to make a new element | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - Yuri Oganessian tells us how nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson were made
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-chemists-dedicated-to-making-drinking-water-safer/4019193.article
The chemists dedicated to making drinking water safer | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - Across the world, scientists use a variety of techniques to analyse and treat water to ensure it’s safe for us to drink. Julia Robinson talks to some of the...
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/reaching-into-the-non-covalent-toolbox/4018455.article
Reaching into the non-covalent toolbox | Feature | Chemistry World
Sep 24, 2024 - Alongside supramolecular stalwarts, budding bonding forms are vying to be valuable, finds Andy Extance
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/brain-chemistry-basics/4019634.article
Brain chemistry basics | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 24, 2024 - Andy Extance looks into the latest in Alzheimer’s disease, pain and memory
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/hydrothermal-vents-and-the-origins-of-life/3007088.article
Hydrothermal vents and the origins of life | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - Did life start on land or underwater?
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/how-organocatalysis-won-the-nobel-prize/4014582.article
How organocatalysis won the Nobel prize | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - Jamie Durrani tells the story of how two young upstarts, Ben List and David MacMillan, created a whole new field of catalysis
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/how-protocells-bridge-the-gap-from-chemistry-to-biology/4014886.article
How protocells bridge the gap from chemistry to biology | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists trying to recreate what the first cells were like, or to make their own versions
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/carolyn-bertozzi/3008380.article
Carolyn Bertozzi | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - One-time heavy rocker Carolyn Bertozzi has made a name for herself with hit papers and sound science. Sarah Houlton charts her path to success
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/a-slice-of-ion-beam-scanning-microscopy/3007523.article
A slice of ion beam–scanning microscopy | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - From brain cells to batteries, is there anything focused ion beam–scanning electron microscopy can’t study?
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/culture/plutonium-the-element-factory/3010772.article
Plutonium: The element factory | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - Glenn Seaborg’s lab at Berkeley discovered plutonium – an element with uses beyond the deadly one we know well
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-glyphosate-debate/4021094.article
The glyphosate debate | Feature | Chemistry World
Apr 23, 2025 - The EU has recently approved the use of glyphosate for another decade. Bárbara Pinho examines the controversial pesticide’s presence in British farming and...
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/managing-the-menopause/4021460.article
Managing the menopause | Feature | Chemistry World
May 21, 2025 - The end of ovulation will affect almost all women, but current treatments could be improved. Rachel Brazil reports on the efforts to find a better solution
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/how-safe-and-sustainable-are-period-products/4021461.article
How safe and sustainable are period products? | Feature | Chemistry World
May 29, 2025 - Millions of people around the world use period products every month. Bárbara Pinho finds out what their environmental footprint is and whether they carry...
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/culture/iridium-and-the-demise-of-the-dinosaurs/3010541.article
Iridium and the demise of the dinosaurs | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - Geochemical clues from the Cretaceous period reveal the final days of the terrible lizards
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-messy-chemistry-that-led-to-life/4017279.article
The messy chemistry that led to life | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 10, 2024 - To understand how chemistry became biology, some chemists are eschewing simple reactions to study complex systems with many reactants and products. Rachel...
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-proteins-that-drive-drug-addiction/4019683.article
The proteins that drive drug addiction | Feature | Chemistry World
Jan 29, 2025 - Jamie Durrani speaks to researchers exploring how epigenetic changes in the brain affect drug-seeking behaviours
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https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/bypassing-the-blood-brain-barrier/4019676.article
Bypassing the blood–brain barrier | Feature | Chemistry World
Jun 27, 2024 - Researchers are on a quest to outsmart and overcome the sophisticated security system of the brain. Julia Robinson reports on some of the approaches being...
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