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Former NSF leaders and its board urge Senate to restore agency’s governance

Thirteen former heads of National Science Foundation and its advisory body respond to Trump administration’s abrupt dismissal of the agency’s entire board

May 06, 2026

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Iran war’s global impact keeps growing

Paint manufacturers still putting consumers at risk in Mexico with sale of toxic lead paints

26 killed in fireworks factory explosion in China

Physical chemist receives 15-year US federal research funding ban

Versatile skeletal editing strategies upgrade nitrogen compounds into drug building blocks

Former NSF leaders and its board urge Senate to restore agency’s governance

Thousands of tonnes of hazardous chemicals entered environment due to EU delays

Purdue Pharma’s opioid prosecution enables bankruptcy settlement

Silver bullet catalyst works magic transforming stable C–H bonds into amines

Arrest of Fauci’s former aide sparks political persecution concerns

MOF magnet with virtually no external magnetic field ideal for advanced electronics

UC Berkeley chemistry professor accused of sexual harassment

Dopant boosts carbon nanotubes’ conductivity tenfold

First total synthesis of macrocycle with four stereocentres at the heart of bacterial photosynthesis

Methane zapped into plasma bubbles makes low-emission methanol

‘Basic research is needed more than anything else’

Stringent regulations on dichloromethane are forcing US labs to rethink use of common solvent

Three-atom bismuth ring reveals new form of aromaticity

Trump administration fires entire board of US’s National Science Foundation without warning

Fatal incident at US catalyst refiner under investigation

Catalyst converts plastic waste into hydrogen and valuable chemical building blocks

Carbon-free ferrocene analogue synthesised

Vanadium’s promise in medicine and the researchers who refuse to give up

When vanadium almost changed how we treat type 2 diabetes

Analysis of Roman shipwreck’s coatings tells story of its time on the seas

Academic freedom slides globally, as it takes a nosedive in the US

Using light to push stereochemistry uphill

Contra-thermodynamic stereochemical editing explained

China’s comprehensive new chemical safety law due to take effect

Industrial emissions of feedstock chemicals are hindering recovery of ozone layer

More than 20 organic compounds found on Mars – many for the first time

Electrochemistry unleashes untapped potential of strained rings to build molecules

‘Human-in-the-loop’ approach could cut costs of robotic labs by 90%

Three chemistry Nobel laureates shared their failures – and how they overcame them

In-situ electron microscopy probes how atoms adsorb on surfaces at solid–liquid interfaces

UK government unveils five-year plan to boost country’s nuclear fusion industry

Bursting bubbles break down PFAS

Reliance on sacrificial agents misaligned with green hydrogen goals, scientists say

Gulf chemicals supply disruption will continue for months to years

Optimism rises for Hungarian research after seismic election result

Cooperative gallium bonds unlock zero-valent titanium and zirconium

China dominates the discovery of new chemicals and reactions

Low-cost, energy-efficient process shows potential for electrochemical propene production

Iran ceasefire is the start of a long recovery process

Biomedical researchers lose US citizenship over trade secrets theft

Trump renews proposals to slash US science agency budgets

Inside-out peptides are part of a new class of isomerism

India’s generic semaglutide surge

Water-based membrane waves through carbon dioxide, blocks other gases

Women and early-career researchers bore the burden of NIH’s funding disruptions