Bird flu has flown
Uganda seems to have developed a strong surveillance system following a bird flu scare in 2005 when the disease spread from Egypt to bordering Sudan. The system was partly backed by the World Bank, which in 2008 provided Uganda with more than $10m
Cleaning Up
Our cleaning habits have much to do with our age, Neil Eisberg reports from Cleaning Products USA 2016 in Washington DC
Detecting the Disruptors
Yet more harmful chemicals that disrupt the body’s endocrine system are being discovered by ambitious chemical screening programmes, without using animals, Emma Davies reports
Functional Plastics
Polymers are established structural materials, but clever chemistry could help them become truly functional and responsive to their surroundings. Lou Reade reports
Biomedical
PROTACS has significant clinical potential; it is too early to assess its ultimate impact, but it is likely to be high. One limitation of PROTACS is that some of the bivalent molecules that might be used are too large to permeate into cells.
All aboard for Chemistry
Chemistry is now poised to address some of the 21st century’s great societal challenges. Delivering these advances, however, requires a bold change of approach by the chemical research and industri...