1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (247+ words) The Trump administration’s latest move threatens to make life harder for international students in US The DHS said it issued the final rule, published on 17 July, to help address ‘instances of abuse and fraud where the foreign student has no…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (206+ words) Trajectory matters when it comes to whether a molecule will react with another when the two collide The likelihood that two colliding molecules react depends strongly on the angle, researchers in Europe have shown.1 The research could potentially be extended…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (334+ words) Peanuts, chickens and a researcher are among those who have left their mark on the cloth While we’re no closer to knowing the origin of the Shroud of Turin, new analysis reveals more about what might have touched it over…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (526+ words) A mix-and-match approach to substituted heterocycles Unexpected cyclisation provides easy access to elusive tetra-substituted THFs A surprise cyclisation offers a generalised route to heavily substituted tetrahydrofuran (THF) units. The stereoselective reaction combines simple building blocks to construct the densely functionalised…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (265+ words) Chemical analysis of limpet shells reveals how these organisms migrate across thousands of miles between deep sea hydrothermal vents. The results help to explain how community make-up in these extreme ecosystems can be so similar despite being separated by vast…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (952+ words) The nascent chemical recycling industry – in which plastics are broken down into oils or constituent monomers to be remade into new materials – is contracting across Europe and the US as recyclers call for policy stability to make the industry investable....

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (573+ words) Working safely through pregnancy: a conversation for chemists and lab leaders Chemistry World Working safely through pregnancy: a conversation for chemists and lab leaders How safe is the lab when you’re pregnant? Join our conversation on 9 September Laboratories are inherently…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (841+ words) From all-around support to tailored recruitment, a University of Nottingham initiative offers a blueprint for improving neuro-inclusion in the technical workforce The NEO programme offered part-time admin and technical roles to neurodivergent individuals who struggled to find or stay in…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (792+ words) Chemistry World It’s time for consensus on science’s place in government So, farewell Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). We hardly knew ye. The department that was set up to manage UK science just three years ago by then…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (315+ words) Chemistry World talked to Rudy Dams, a former industry scientist at PFAS manufacturer 3M, who was speaking at the 10th EuChemS Chemistry Congress. He told us that non-essential PFAS should be banned and the clean-up process should start now, but that we…...