Why are companies working so hard to make oral tablet forms of diabetes and weight loss drugs that target the glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) receptor? The current injectable peptides – Novo Nordisk’s ...

A stabilising sheath of interlocking polymers enables coacervate microdroplets to more closely mimic natural cells than ever before. The researchers behind the work showed how the protected ...

Analytical chemistry can tell us what our ancestors ate thousands - or even millions - of years ago. Rachel Brazil gets her teeth into the evidence ...

UN-led negotiations for a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution have again failed to reach an agreement. The latest meeting, held over the last 10 days in Geneva, was itself an extension of talks ...

A recent executive order from US president Donald Trump will require political appointees to review federal research grant awards and funding opportunities to ensure that they align with the ...

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Thanks to its relatively comfortable conformation, the cyclocarbon ring can even survive without the protective catenane entanglement for long enough to have its identity confirmed, and to refute any ...

A new light-driven molecular motor winds together hydrocarbon strands to make catenanes, without the need for templating. The system offers a way to make interlocked structures from starting materials ...

Semaglutide and similar peptide drugs bind the G-protein coupled GLP-1 receptor to transfer chemical signals from outside the cell to its interior. While some of the oral drugs in development bind to ...

Following the recent release of journal impact factors, we round up the leading journals across 10 chemistry fields ...

But if we are ever to reach a more circular plastic economy, there has to be consistent and economic supply and demand for recycled materials. By necessity, that means virgin materials must become ...

However, the natural world contains thousands of examples of water-resistant adhesive hydrogels in marine animals, bacteria, fungi and viruses. In the new research, soft matter expert Jian Ping Gong ...