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You probably know more about the Maillard reaction than you realise. Want to double-down before you get the oven one? Enter this article from November 2018, to the rescue.
The marvellous Maillard reaction
Andy Extance looks at the culinary reaction cascade that goes beyond Christmas and Thanksgiving dinner and has worrying links to health
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December 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
You probably know more about the Maillard reaction than you realise. Want to double-down before you get the oven one? Enter this article from November 2018, to the rescue.
The question of how to cook a turkey properly has been a debate for as long as turkeys have been wandering around with dangly bits (on their faces – known as a 'snood'). Enter Chris Loss with all the essential info!
Why science says you should brine your Christmas turkey
Unlock the flavour hidden in your roast with this delicious recipe
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December 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The question of how to cook a turkey properly has been a debate for as long as turkeys have been wandering around with dangly bits (on their faces – known as a 'snood'). Enter Chris Loss with all the essential info!
January gave us the hunt for the male contraceptive pill, while in June we looked at how magnetic stirrers affect results. Back in November, we explored the chemistry of port. All this and more in our 2025 review!
2025 in review | Chemistry World
Our favourite stories from 2025
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December 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
January gave us the hunt for the male contraceptive pill, while in June we looked at how magnetic stirrers affect results. Back in November, we explored the chemistry of port. All this and more in our 2025 review!
Low-cost gelling agents improve the performance of aircraft anti-icing fluids.
Supramolecular gels improve performance of aircraft deicing fluids
Made using low-cost reagents, the gels could be more sustainable than current anti-icing products
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December 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Low-cost gelling agents improve the performance of aircraft anti-icing fluids.
Back in 2019, Raychelle Burks served up her signature take on a Christmas crime...along with a healthy dose of physics.
How to break up a Christmas party
Did a thrown glass shard fell a festive partygoer, or was he stabbed?
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December 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Back in 2019, Raychelle Burks served up her signature take on a Christmas crime...along with a healthy dose of physics.
A new analysis of international scientific collaborations suggests that US dominance in the global research ecosystem is waning.
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US influence on international research partnerships in decline
Analysis of co-authorship data identifies trends in scientific collaboration
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December 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A new analysis of international scientific collaborations suggests that US dominance in the global research ecosystem is waning.
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An environmental health journal published by the NIH has disappeared, but it should soon be brought back online under the management of a new publisher.
Prominent environmental health journal disappears, but it’s in transition
Environmental Health Perspectives, published by NIH for over 50 years, is suddenly gone but will soon move to a new, non-governmental publisher
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December 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
An environmental health journal published by the NIH has disappeared, but it should soon be brought back online under the management of a new publisher.
This time of year, who doesn't love a good chemistree? This pre-Christmas 2023 story from Patrick Walter sheds some light – and plenty of welcome colour! – on a very special chemistry tradition.
Five of our favourite Christmas chemistrees from 2023
Students and scientists have been getting festive again at schools and labs around the world
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December 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This time of year, who doesn't love a good chemistree? This pre-Christmas 2023 story from Patrick Walter sheds some light – and plenty of welcome colour! – on a very special chemistry tradition.
Back in June, Stefanie Walter, Samuel Kyeremateng and Irene Bechis walked us through modelling amorphous solid dispersion (ASD) release mechanisms. The full, hour-long recording is still available to view. In partnership with Schrödinger. #SponsoredPost
Modelling amorphous solid dispersion (ASD) release mechanisms
Learn how thermodynamic modelling and molecular simulation can help our understanding of amorphous solid dispersion
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December 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Back in June, Stefanie Walter, Samuel Kyeremateng and Irene Bechis walked us through modelling amorphous solid dispersion (ASD) release mechanisms. The full, hour-long recording is still available to view. In partnership with Schrödinger. #SponsoredPost
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January gave us the hunt for the male contraceptive pill, while in June we looked at how magnetic stirrers affect results. Back in November, we explored the chemistry of port. All this and more in our 2025 review.
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2025 in review | Chemistry World
Our favourite stories from 2025
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December 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
January gave us the hunt for the male contraceptive pill, while in June we looked at how magnetic stirrers affect results. Back in November, we explored the chemistry of port. All this and more in our 2025 review.
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Eggnog season is upon us! Ray Burks has everything you could ever want to know on the subject.
Evil eggnog
Depending on taste, this divisive drink is delicious, disgusting... or deadly
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December 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Eggnog season is upon us! Ray Burks has everything you could ever want to know on the subject.
Missed our webinar with JMP from back in October? Well, you're in luck, because all you have to do is sign up on the page to watch the full recording. #SponsoredContent
Lost in space, found in data: real-world scientific exploration and discovery
Join us as we navigate the world of multidimensional spaces in data discovery methodology
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December 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Missed our webinar with JMP from back in October? Well, you're in luck, because all you have to do is sign up on the page to watch the full recording. #SponsoredContent
Looking for an exciting sci-comm gig? Digital content assistant at the RSC's Chemistry World magazine could be it. Position closes on January 12, 2026 – new positions at the magazine don't come very often, so this could be a great opportunity.
Digital Content Assistant
Circa: Salary - Salary Plan, 30,291.00 GBP Annual Join the Royal Society of Chemistry’s flagship magazine, Chemistry World, as Digital Content Assistant where you will support the delivery of…
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December 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Looking for an exciting sci-comm gig? Digital content assistant at the RSC's Chemistry World magazine could be it. Position closes on January 12, 2026 – new positions at the magazine don't come very often, so this could be a great opportunity.
2025 has been another fascinating year in the chemical sciences. Here's the best of our content throughout the last 12 months.
2025 in review | Chemistry World
Our favourite stories from 2025
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December 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
2025 has been another fascinating year in the chemical sciences. Here's the best of our content throughout the last 12 months.
The freedom that the General Electric Research Laboratory gave researchers to pursue their interests led Irving Langmuir to make discoveries that improved the designs of lightbulbs, vacuum pumps and much more.
Langmuir’s pump and the optimism of science
Creativity nurtured by an explorative environment
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December 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The freedom that the General Electric Research Laboratory gave researchers to pursue their interests led Irving Langmuir to make discoveries that improved the designs of lightbulbs, vacuum pumps and much more.
Scientists have 3D printed a Christmas tree out of ice, showing off a technique that could find practical applications in areas such as tissue engineering.
Tree-D printing for Christmas
Watch how this Christmas ornament was 3D printed using supercooled water
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December 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Scientists have 3D printed a Christmas tree out of ice, showing off a technique that could find practical applications in areas such as tissue engineering.
A new reagent can identify rare protein-protein interactions within cells, something that will help better understand what is happening in vivo and even contribute to the discovery of new drugs.
Thianthrenium reagent captures elusive protein interactions in living cells
Reagent creates short, stable protein crosslinks, enabling researchers to identify previously unknown protein-protein interactions
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December 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A new reagent can identify rare protein-protein interactions within cells, something that will help better understand what is happening in vivo and even contribute to the discovery of new drugs.
Jennifer Newton looks at three recent studies that come from fields that illustrate an important notion.
Structure as a strategy
Progress in materials chemistry has often come from changing what things are made of, yet today we understand that how those components are arranged is just as important
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December 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Jennifer Newton looks at three recent studies that come from fields that illustrate an important notion.
Looking for an exciting sci-comm gig? Digital content assistant at the RSC's Chemistry World magazine could be it. Position closes on January 12, 2026 – new positions at the magazine don't come very often, so this could be a great opportunity.
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Circa: Salary - Salary Plan, 30,291.00 GBP Annual Join the Royal Society of Chemistry’s flagship magazine, Chemistry World, as Digital Content Assistant where you will support the delivery of high-qua...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Looking for an exciting sci-comm gig? Digital content assistant at the RSC's Chemistry World magazine could be it. Position closes on January 12, 2026 – new positions at the magazine don't come very often, so this could be a great opportunity.
The UK has rejoined the EU's student grant programme Erasmus+ after a 5 year gap caused by Brexit. But what will happen to the UK's Turing scheme that was meant to replace Erasmus?
Erasmus+ programme to reopen to UK student in 2027
UK will contribute £570 million in the first year as students can take part in the scheme for the first time since Brexit
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December 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The UK has rejoined the EU's student grant programme Erasmus+ after a 5 year gap caused by Brexit. But what will happen to the UK's Turing scheme that was meant to replace Erasmus?
Lauren Hatcher uses time-resolved crystallography to understand how photoactive molecules change structure when exposed to light.
Shedding light on how photoactive crystals respond in real time
Lauren Hatcher discusses her work developing techniques for time-resolved crystallography
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December 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Lauren Hatcher uses time-resolved crystallography to understand how photoactive molecules change structure when exposed to light.
On-and-off trade tariff threats, unpredictable policy gyrations, major upheavals at regulatory bodies – 2025 has been a turbulent year in pharmaceuticals, as companies have grappled with the implications of each swing of the pendulum.
Pharmaceuticals roundup 2025
Policy swings have made it a slippery year for pharma
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December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
On-and-off trade tariff threats, unpredictable policy gyrations, major upheavals at regulatory bodies – 2025 has been a turbulent year in pharmaceuticals, as companies have grappled with the implications of each swing of the pendulum.
A decade of depressed global chemical supply chains continued in 2025. Expansion of basic chemicals capacity in China and India has prolonged and exacerbated global oversupplies, putting pressure on higher-cost producers in Europe, while sustainability efforts take a back seat.
Chemicals industry roundup 2025
Europe hit hard by China's independence push, but India is growing
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December 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A decade of depressed global chemical supply chains continued in 2025. Expansion of basic chemicals capacity in China and India has prolonged and exacerbated global oversupplies, putting pressure on higher-cost producers in Europe, while sustainability efforts take a back seat.
We take a look at all the top research and unusual chemistry that's been in the news this year. From answering the question of why sunscreens turn t-shirts red when bleached to amino acids on asteroids and a new nitrogen allotrope.
AI continues to make waves and structural editing impresses in 2025
The research that has amazed and amused us this year
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December 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
We take a look at all the top research and unusual chemistry that's been in the news this year. From answering the question of why sunscreens turn t-shirts red when bleached to amino acids on asteroids and a new nitrogen allotrope.