Chemistry

A new technique is combining geochemistry and marine ecology to more accurately determine the age of sharks and reconstruct their life history

Ozempic and other peptide-based drugs create 56 million kilograms of hazardous waste each year. Now, a new water-based method aims to change that

‘Inventive’, ‘rewarding’, ‘uncharted’. Professor Richard Robson's former PhD students knew they were part of something special, well before he was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Anastasios (Tash) Polyzos grew up in regional restaurants and rock bands, but it was his fascination with chemical reactions that birthed an entrepreneur

A new type of ‘photocatalyst’ mimics the way plants get energy from the sun, opening an environmentally friendly way to build complex chemicals like pharmaceuticals

Chemical biologist Professor Megan Maher and her zoologist brother Dr Tyrone Lavery hope to one day combine their fields of study and solve new research puzzles together

Methods used to study asteroids and planets could be used in a new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease – potentially before clinical symptoms develop

To mark International Women’s Day, a chemist and a physicist discuss the challenges of careers in male-dominated fields and the women who inspire them

Researchers are replicating the cold vacuum of space to study how interstellar molecules are produced and what they’re made of

Australia needs to conduct hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 tests each day to monitor infection, but now researchers have developed a local supply chain for a crucial test ingredient