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Survival in the freezer

2 May 2013  Premium contentFeature

How do animals survive in the extreme cold? James Mitchell Crow investigates

Lean green microbe machines

30 April 2013 Feature

For its proponents, algae hold the promise of a clean source of fuel, food or drugs. Anthony King wades in

What does DNA do?

24 April 2013  Premium contentFeature

The more we learn about DNA, the less we seem to know, as Philip Ball discovers

A fixation with nitrogen

18 April 2013  Premium contentFeature

Despite decades of work to develop alternative ways to make ammonia, the Haber–Bosch process is here to stay, Mark Peplow discovers

From molecules to medicines

9 April 2013  Premium contentFeature

Turning an active drug molecule into a finished product requires a lot of chemistry, as Phillip Broadwith discovers

Changing the rules of extraction

26 March 2013  Premium contentFeature

As the price of oil goes up, reserves previously uneconomical to exploit become attractive. Nuala Moran explores the chemical technology being used

Tiny insights

20 March 2013  Premium contentFeature

Scientists are adopting a range of 3D imaging techniques to reveal structural secrets. Andy Extance looks inside their work

Deadly mushroom chemistry

13 March 2013 Feature

Emma Shiells looks at the difference between tasty paddy straw mushrooms and fatal death caps

Green houses

5 March 2013  Premium contentFeature

Fiona Case discovers how chemistry can help reduce the energy consumption of our houses

Alfred Werner: the well-coordinated chemist

26 February 2013  Premium contentFeature

Werner’s careful experiments led to the discovery of what came to be known as coordination bonds

A biomass bonanza

21 February 2013 Feature

Companies have put biofuels on the back burner to aim for higher margin chemicals, as Emma Davies finds out

Phenome Centre goes for gold

15 February 2013  Premium contentFeature

Andy Extance finds out how British researchers are turning Olympic anti-doping facilities into a world-leading facility

Science's spiritual side?

6 February 2013  Premium contentFeature

Some view science and religion as mutually exclusive, but this has not always been the case, as Katharine Sanderson discovers

Measuring up

5 February 2013  Premium contentFeature

In 2013, the Research Excellence Framework begins rating every chemistry department in the UK. Leila Sattary weighs up the evidence

People power

30 January 2013  Premium contentFeature

Harnessing the wisdom - and money - of the public has grown in popularity, Clare Sansom finds

Chemical climate proxies

23 January 2013 Feature

How do scientists reconstruct what the weather was like in the past? Jon Evans looks at the detective chemistry

Life at the top

10 January 2013  Premium contentFeature

Nina Notman asks whether an academic chemistry career can help or hinder when you move up the ladder

Making pain history

2 January 2013  Premium contentFeature

Mike Sutton traces the remarkable history of aspirin from folk remedy to wonder drug

Building better chemistry

20 December 2012  Premium contentFeature

Do lab buildings affect the work of the scientists inside them? James Mitchell Crow surveys some grand designs

Overcoming small obstacles

19 December 2012 Feature

Andy Extance looks at nanofabrication methods combining printing and lithography

Magical mass spec

4 December 2012  Premium contentFeature

Emma Davies reveals how mass spectrometry is heading out of the lab and into some amazing places

Closing the loop

29 November 2012  Premium contentFeature

Why would you want to burn fuel to produce pure carbon dioxide? James Mitchell Crow has the answer

Up in the air

23 November 2012  Premium contentFeature

Philip Ball looks at the recent progress in lithium–air battery research - has it stalled?

BPA: friend or foe?

20 November 2012 Feature

Nina Notman takes an in-depth look at the ongoing controversy over bisphenol A

Stationary phases move ahead

31 October 2012  Premium contentFeature

What’s in those columns? Jon Evans looks at the sophisticated materials in chromatography