Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 06 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00798-8The Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future, launched during the Nobel Symposium in May 2025, aims to align research, education, industry, and governance with the goal of focusing the future of chemistry on safety and sustainability.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 13 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00802-1A polyamine-functionalized covalent organic framework (COF) overcomes traditional direct air capture limitations with rapid CO2 adsorption kinetics and high capacity, offering a promising solution for efficient carbon capture and sustainable climate mitigation.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 06 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00799-7In 2025, chemistry education research moved towards more mature and critical uses of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Recent studies show how GenAI can support visualization and learning of abstract chemical concepts, while highlighting the need for strong AI literacy to manage errors, ethics and misuse.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 06 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00803-0Ahead of his 70th birthday, Stuart Schreiber, Morris Loeb Research Professor at Harvard University, discussed his life in science.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 11 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-025-00793-5We examine the historical development and underlying principles of foundation models realized in language and vision, and propose how physics-infused machine learning interaction potentials could dramatically transform at scale to create transformative foundation models for chemistry and materials science.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 11 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-025-00793-5We examine the historical development and underlying principles of foundation models realized in language and vision, and propose how physics-infused machine learning interaction potentials could dramatically transform at scale to create transformative foundation models for chemistry and materials science.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 06 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00798-8The Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future, launched during the Nobel Symposium in May 2025, aims to align research, education, industry, and governance with the goal of focusing the future of chemistry on safety and sustainability.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 06 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00799-7In 2025, chemistry education research moved towards more mature and critical uses of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Recent studies show how GenAI can support visualization and learning of abstract chemical concepts, while highlighting the need for strong AI literacy to manage errors, ethics and misuse.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 06 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00803-0Ahead of his 70th birthday, Stuart Schreiber, Morris Loeb Research Professor at Harvard University, discussed his life in science.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 06 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00798-8The Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future, launched during the Nobel Symposium in May 2025, aims to align research, education, industry, and governance with the goal of focusing the future of chemistry on safety and sustainability.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 06 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00799-7In 2025, chemistry education research moved towards more mature and critical uses of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Recent studies show how GenAI can support visualization and learning of abstract chemical concepts, while highlighting the need for strong AI literacy to manage errors, ethics and misuse.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 06 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00803-0Ahead of his 70th birthday, Stuart Schreiber, Morris Loeb Research Professor at Harvard University, discussed his life in science.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 29 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-025-00795-3The impact of atomic substitution in sodium-layered oxides and how substitutions affect the properties and performances of battery materials are discussed, with the aim of improving sodium-layered oxides and accelerating the commercialization of sodium-ion batteries.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 27 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00800-3Ahead of her 85th birthday, Jane Richardson, Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University, discussed her life in science from making her own telescope to developing the ribbon diagrams for the 3D structure of proteins.

Solar fuel technologies share common working principles of light absorption and charge separation, yet their operating conditions can vary greatly. This Perspective examines key performance metrics and outlines a transversal vision of how these technologies could help to accelerate each other development.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 26 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00796-wNon-steady-state chemical dynamics offer a powerful tool for neuromorphic computing by harnessing nonlinear, collective, and time-evolving behaviours. Coupled with frameworks such as reservoir computing, these systems enable trajectory-based information processing at the molecular scale through concepts from chemical kinetics and far-from-equilibrium dynamics.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 29 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-025-00795-3The impact of atomic substitution in sodium-layered oxides and how substitutions affect the properties and performances of battery materials are discussed, with the aim of improving sodium-layered oxides and accelerating the commercialization of sodium-ion batteries.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 23 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00797-9In an era of global transition, new frontiers in chemistry — from space mining to circular technologies — are poised to reshape global power. This Comment explores how future supply chains, strategic resources, and chemistry could define the next era of geopolitical competition.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 23 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-025-00792-6State-of-the-art approaches for modelling electrified solid–electrolyte interfaces are critically discussed, highlighting key challenges in incorporating thermodynamic open-boundary conditions, large electrostatic potentials and their dynamic fluctuations into realistic ab initio simulations.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 29 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-025-00795-3The impact of atomic substitution in sodium-layered oxides and how substitutions affect the properties and performances of battery materials are discussed, with the aim of improving sodium-layered oxides and accelerating the commercialization of sodium-ion batteries.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 27 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00800-3Ahead of her 85th birthday, Jane Richardson, Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University, discussed her life in science from making her own telescope to developing the ribbon diagrams for the 3D structure of proteins.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-025-00790-8Ion migration plays a crucial role in perovskite solar cells. This Review covers its mechanisms, impact on device performance and degradation, measurement techniques, and emerging strategies towards controlling ion migration.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 26 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00796-wNon-steady-state chemical dynamics offer a powerful tool for neuromorphic computing by harnessing nonlinear, collective, and time-evolving behaviours. Coupled with frameworks such as reservoir computing, these systems enable trajectory-based information processing at the molecular scale through concepts from chemical kinetics and far-from-equilibrium dynamics.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 27 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-026-00800-3Ahead of her 85th birthday, Jane Richardson, Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University, discussed her life in science from making her own telescope to developing the ribbon diagrams for the 3D structure of proteins.

Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 19 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41570-025-00791-7The development of DNA-based machines is transforming fields such as drug delivery and biosensing. Here, design strategies are discussed and key performance metrics — speed, force generation, efficiency and autonomy — are examined to provide insights into the future of DNA nanotechnology.