Chemistry

First Regius posts for Wales and Northern Ireland in expansion marking Queen's 90th birthday

Richard Joyner on a biography seeking to reveal the chemist’s talent for reinvention

A skilful and charismatic ‘drug hunter’ has died

Patrick O’Malley shares the secrets of his success in the first of a series of blogs from nominees for Most Innovative Teacher of the Year at the THE Awards

From Mrs Roentgen’s ring to Fukushima fears: Richard Joyner on an informative popular history

Cait MacPhee on back-of-envelope calculations and other tools to assess value and assumptions

Royal Society of Chemistry and Institute of Physics report warns of uncertain future

Researchers must tell a good tale about their work without skewing the science, Cait MacPhee says

Richard Joyner on a remarkable but forgotten chemist

Emeritus Cancer Research UK lab director shares chemistry prize with two US-based researchers for work on DNA

The University of Cambridge is the top UK institution for hosting both international and British students who go on to win Nobel prizes, finds British Council

Majority of academics publishing in journals with lax peer review are from Asia, study concludes

Major/minor course designed to improve graduates’ employment prospects

Studies on urine, pain thresholds and unboiled eggs honoured in annual awards for improbable research. John Elmes takes a look

Anxieties over overseas posts largely overlooked as academy highlights benefits of global mobility, researchers claim

Landmark discoveries have relied on some unexpected connections, says Richard Joyner

10 must-dos for postdocs identified by Catherine L Drennan, professor of chemistry and biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor identifies the top academic ‘habits’ postdocs need to reach the next level

Academy Award-winning actor visits archives and old laboratories where the famous British scientist worked

Prestigious event will host official launch of the 2015-16 World University Rankings

Former European Commissioner to lead a national review to address “systemic gender inequality” in higher education

Peter Wothers on a thoroughly researched examination of the connections between two different kinds of science

Robyn Arianrhod welcomes an unsentimental study of the first woman to win a Nobel prize

Richard Joyner on the dwindling role of German and Russian in the communication of research

Peter Wothers revels in a treasure trove of ‘wrong’ chemistry and great history

Irene Glendinning evaluates a rare study of the effectiveness of STEM widening-participation schemes

William Poole on how a culture of literary commonplacing gradually gave way to one of scientific record-keeping

What will we need to know to reboot civilisation after the apocalypse?, asks Alison Stokes

The international hunt for chemistry’s ‘missing links’ makes for an engrossing tale, finds Alan Rocke

Marilyn Young on the harrowing history of a chemical used to kill hundreds of thousands of people

Timely revision of a classic work

Polly Arnold is happy to have traded MIT's 24-hour stress for Scottish teamwork. Olga Wojtas reports

Core services will have to compete for 'responsive mode' EPSRC funding. Melanie Newman reports