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Board has 1 member and has 10 open investigator positions

The UK government will begin trials of its coronavirus contact-tracing app this week, but what impact it will have on slowing the spread of covid-19 is unclear

But nation shows no sign of interest, so far

Prestigious recognition honors distinguished achievements in research

Download the puzzles from the May print issue of Chemistry World

Your views on elections, inventions and factorial experiments

The head of Cambridge’s chemistry department says its research has been ‘mothballed’, and he worries about lost productivity

Chinese–Canadian chemist known for work on functional materials

Study endorses shadows as an untapped source of renewable energy

Clear, fact-based science communication in the COVID-19 pandemic to the public honored

Join us on June 4 for a webinar on medical device regulations and updates to extractable and leachable analysis requirements

Hints that children don’t spread coronavirus efficiently prompt debate

Researchers asked to volunteer as ‘rapid reviewers’ for coronavirus manuscripts, and over 1000 have already answered the call

Solving scalability issues to control particle size without high-shear mixing

Before we can recycle many plastics, they must be sorted into separate streams. Angeli Mehta finds out how

Prospects brighten for making fertilizer, plastics with solar and wind power

Getting together may have benefits, especially for young snakes

Ice cores, tree-ring records, and medieval manuscripts pinpoint a cluster of 12th century volcanic eruptions

Possibilities of working together on a text online and in real-time

Glow from home

Lea Nienhaus, a chemistry professor at Florida State University, assembled this collection of household objects under black light to fight the work-from-home blues. From left to right, the photo shows olive oil, turmeric root, an egg, laundry detergent, honey, highlighter ink, and tonic ice cubes. Nienhaus and her students miss going to the lab to do research. But they also miss the camaraderie. “We’ve definitely reached the point of itching to go back and play with our glowing materials,” she says. Читать дальше...