Science is an increasingly global endeavour but doctoral education continues to take place largely within a single institution

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The President of the Swiss Chemical Society talks about their program of reform and the fascination of discovery

Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

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Toxicity tests of rare earth elements (REEs) on plants and crops reveal that they may become problematic

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