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Major drug regulators advancing routes to reduce animal testing
16+ hour, 2+ min ago (495+ words) US, UK and EU all have goals to eliminate animal testing - Share this on Facebook Share this on X (Twitter) Share this on Linked In Share this on Bluesky Share this on Reddit Share this on Whats App Share this…...
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15+ hour, 37+ min ago (14+ words) Trump administration fires entire board of US's National Science Foundation without warning'Chemistry World...
Fatal incident at US catalyst refiner under investigation
19+ hour, 20+ min ago (215+ words) Two workers were killed and 21 others hospitalised in an incident at Ames Goldsmith Catalyst Refiners, a silver recovery and catalyst manufacturing facility in West Virginia, US, on 22 April. The incident is now under investigation by the US Chemical Safety and…...
Catalyst converts plastic waste into hydrogen and valuable chemical building blocks
20+ hour, 58+ min ago (349+ words) Researchers reuse old car battery acid, simultaneously combining waste streams in move towards circular chemicals Catalyst converts plastic waste into hydrogen and valuable chemical building blocks - Share this on Facebook Share this on X (Twitter) Share this on Linked In…...
Carbon-free ferrocene analogue synthesised
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (205+ words) An osmium sandwich complex with two boron-based rings is the first true example of a carbon-free ferrocene analogue. The compound was synthesised by researchers in India who say that this complex improves our understanding of metal-ligand bonding. The classic ferrocene…...
When vanadium almost changed how we treat type 2 diabetes
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (886+ words) We had lunch, and he explained to me that while sodium vanadate was great, it was an off-the-shelf compound and, thinking as a pharmaceutical scientist, it would be nice if we had something that was potentially patentable and bioavailable and…...
Vanadium's promise in medicine and the researchers who refuse to give up
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (1690+ words) While most chemists will be familiar with vanadium in the context of metallurgy, catalysis and battery technologies, appreciation of its clinical applications is reserved for a much smaller subset of people. However, the research is there " and has been for…...
Analysis of Roman shipwreck's coatings tells story of its time on the seas
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (389+ words) The Roman ship " known as Ilovik-Par'ine 1 " sank around 2200 years ago in a shallow bay off the coast of what is now Croatia. Archaeologists discovered the wreck in 2016 and have since studied the ship and its cargo extensively. Yet, the researchers…...
Academic freedom slides globally, as it takes a nosedive in the US
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (598+ words) Academic freedom is under pressure all around the world Academic freedom continues to decline globally, with a marked fall in the US, according to the 2026 update to the Academic Freedom Index. The index revealed that over the last decade academic…...
Contra-thermodynamic stereochemical editing explained
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (364+ words) How chemists are using light, enzymes and mechanical force to access higher'energy stereoisomers without rebuilding a molecule from scratch An organic molecule's three-dimensional shape often dictates how chemists build it, forcing them to lock in stereochemistry at the same time…...