Chemistry World

3 days ago | chemistryworld.com | Maria Burke

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) had hoped to make all its journals open access (OA) by 2028, but has now decided against a one-size-fits-all approach. Instead, it will tailor models by region based on local needs, funding and infrastructure. In the traditional scientific publishing model, publishers charge subscription fees for access to academic journals. However, OA journals usually charge a one-off article processing charge (APC) and no subscription fee.

5 days ago | chemistryworld.com | Rebecca Trager

The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel – a prominent research institution that is home to about 2500 scientists, students, technicians and scientific support staff – was devastated by Iranian missiles on 15 June. The planetary sciences building, which houses geochemistry labs among other chemistry programmes, was effectively destroyed in the attack. Damage was also sustained to other nearby facilities.

1 week ago | chemistryworld.com | Tim Wogan

The coordination environments of different platinum atoms in single-atom catalysts have been measured by researchers in Switzerland using platinum NMR spectroscopy.

1 week ago | chemistryworld.com | Rebecca Trager

As chemistry departments in the UK have been closing, shrinking and merging in recent years, similar pressures are increasingly affecting American universities too. There is now serious concern that chemistry programmes in the US could face a similar fate. This comes as the chairs of three dozen US chemistry departments are warning in a letter in Sciencethat they are ‘deeply concerned’ about the state of their subject.

1 week ago | chemistryworld.com | Phillip Broadwith

Can plants adapt to be compatible with a lower-carbon environment? Once Petroineos’s Grangemouth refinery closes this year, the UK will have five working oil refineries, down from a peak of 18 in the 1970s. As demand for fossil-derived fuels declines, and competition from abroad intensifies, that number seems set to fall further. The surviving plants will likely be those that are already moving toward cleaner, more efficient, and more sustainable operation.