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The Crucible

The name's (quadruple) bond?

Philip Ball discusses the contentious issue of C2 bonding. Dare we draw four lines?

In the Pipeline

Bespoke or bodged

A can-do attitude and some lateral thinking can save time and money when it comes to exotic apparatus, says Derek Lowe

Editorial

We are in good company

An award, a nomination and welcoming back a familiar face...

Comments

Change: the only constant

Jim Al-Khalili discusses the risks involved in switching to a new area of research and invites chemists to take a quantum biology leap

Totally Synthetic

Pactamycin

Labelling a molecule 'inaccessible to synthesis' is a red rag to a bull, says Paul Docherty

Classic Kit

Moissan's furnace

The arc of extreme chemistry

Blog

Playing with proteins

14 June 2013

Playing with proteins

Bowood House and the discovery of oxygen

7 June 2013

Bowood House and the discovery of oxygen

Hash chemists could get more than they bargain for

5 June 2013

Hash chemists could get more than they bargain for

Letters

Sensational science  

Was the discovery of Richard III's remains hyped by the press?

The art of thinking  

Students are too busy to think and academics won't sit still. There may be trouble ahead.

Hard day's night  

Chemists' working habits seem to have little regard for office hours. Should we resist the...

Evolution's evolution  

Unraveling evolution takes more than just Darwinism and genetics

Top of the MOFs  

Yes, they can hold on to hydrogen but MOFs also need to learn to let go

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