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Life With a Wheelchair
Experiences from a year abroad in Japan

Convergent Path to Bicyclic Boronates
The news covering the work of Peter H. Seeberger, John J. Molloy, and colleagues in Germany was popular last week

Hazardous Chemicals Found in European Cosmetics
Inspections found banned chemicals, such as perfluorononyl dimethicone and D4/D5 siloxanes, in cosmetics like eyeliners, lipliners, and hair conditioners

Insights into Forensic Police Work
The Director of the Forensic Police Service in Rome discusses the challenges of forensic work, adapting to new techniques, and the TV portrayal of investigations

Death in a Pot: From England’s Famous Chemist to Exiled and Forgotten – Part 3
About the tragic fall of Fredrick Accum, the continuing importance of his work, and how things stand with food adulteration today

Nanozyme Microrobots for Treating Biofilm Infections
Microrobots driven by magnetic fields target and destroy hard-to-reach biofilms

GDCh Conference on Inorganic Chemistry 2026
Covers interdisciplinary topics representing the whole range of contemporary inorganic chemistry

French Conference on Catalysis (FCCat 2025)
Bringing together French and international catalysis communities to share their most advanced research

Weekly Research News Challenge: Shortest C–I Bond – Simple Synthesis – Multi-Metal Detection
This week's quiz includes questions on the shortest C–I bond, a simple route to bicyclic boronates, and fast multi-metal detection