Chemists hold the key to perfect cheese
Bacterial enzymes play a crucial role in cheesemaking and food chemists take advantage of their role to develop new cheeses
Frozen in time
What chemical clues locked away in ancient ice tell us about Earth’s history
Fixing fashion
What’s the environmental impact of our clothes throughout their life cycle?
Freeing the world from chemical weapons
Chemists have helped destroy 97% of declared banned substances, finds Andy Extance, and are pushing to get the rest
What's in a bag?
Creating compostable plastic
Fireworks: the art and science
Hayley Bennett investigates the chemistry of pyrotechnics
Conserving the periodic table
How paper conservators preserved the one of the world’s oldest periodic tables
'Astronauts wanted, no experience required'
Helen Sharman talks science, space travel and advice for budding astronauts
