Goodbye – and thanks
As Stu announced about 3 months ago, I’m leaving Nature Chemistry – today! Read more
As Stu announced about 3 months ago, I’m leaving Nature Chemistry – today! Read more
Highly respected organic chemist publishes a Perspective in JACS, chaos ensues. Read more
A chemist who wants to terminate malaria and a calculation to have at your fingertips. Read more
On Friday, I asked “What weight could you hang from a chemical bond before it broke? How many atoms [is that]?” … Read more
[This is a guest post from Heather Powell, a second year undergraduate student at The University of York, who has spent the week seeing what we do in the Nature Chemistry office] … Read more
A question struck me yesterday afternoon (editorial discretion prevents me revealing exactly why): what weight could you hang from a chemical bond before it broke? How many atoms? Read more
Sensational chemophobia and the problems with biofuels … Read more
Late last year during the fall term, YouKnowWho dropped a small bomb on my plans: I could write a dissertation using the work for my intended Master’s thesis. What?! In previous bids he had simply asked me to stay for a PhD to work on some project, whereas now there was the claim that I could finish in just another year. (I assume this means two more, bringing the total to a reasonable five years.) It was then the time for waffling. On one hand, staying would save a large amount of time and effort – no need to retake classes, create new networks, and familiarize myself with a different academic system. Read more
Xingyu Jiang is in the National Center for NanoSci&Tech (China), and works on using microfluidics and nanoparticles for better bio/chemical assays. Read more
The differences between planes and drugs, engineers and medicinal chemists … and Jimmy Stewart. Read more
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