The UK Government’s Initiative to Aid Women in Research The UK administration has recently made a notable advancement in supporting women in research by launching a voluntary charter intended to improve the working conditions for female researchers. This charter, unveiled by Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall, aims to tackle critical challenges faced by women […]

**US Supreme Court Affirms Bayer-Monsanto in Glyphosate Lawsuit, Affecting Thousands of Cases** In a notable legal triumph for Bayer-Monsanto, the US Supreme Court has affirmed the company’s position that federal pesticide legislation overrides state regulations mandating cancer warnings on the labels of its glyphosate-containing herbicide, Roundup. This ruling influences more than 60,000 active lawsuits from […]

**U.S. Research Community Confronts Uncertainty Due to Contentious OMB Regulation** A suggested regulation from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that could empower political appointees with control over federal research grant allocations is encountering considerable opposition from the U.S. research and advocacy sectors. This regulation, set to take effect on October 1, […]

‘We are now effectively reshaping these highly intriguing DNA-targeting technologies into something that resembles a therapeutic much more,’ states Benjamin Oakes, CEO of Scribe Therapeutics – a genetic medicine company based in the US that is customizing Crispr editing technology to create both genetic and epigenetic therapies. Oakes co-established Scribe in 2017 with three former […]

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy may not be as widely recognized among chemists as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, but Maxie Rößler is committed to demonstrating its importance. ‘You can consider EPR somewhat similar to NMR, but pertaining to unpaired electrons rather than nuclei,’ Rößler clarifies. The technique operates by positioning a sample within a […]

## Which Textbooks Have You Authored? The initial textbook I authored was *Molecular Quantum Mechanics*, released in 1970. Following that, *Physical Chemistry* was published in 1978 and is currently in its 12th edition. I’ve contributed to a range of other textbooks. They cover the spectrum from the far left – the physical chemistry elements of […]

Everyone recalls the textbooks they utilized in school or university. For me, Lubert Stryer’s *Biochemistry* was my steadfast companion, a weighty volume to carry around. They occupy a unique place in our hearts whether we engaged with them thoroughly or merely referenced them for assistance with challenging concepts. But are these large, cumbersome textbooks still […]

How did you become engaged in writing textbooks? I began my journey with a small publishing company prior to authoring three Oxford chemistry introductory texts on main group clusters, the heavier d-block metals, and metal–metal bonded species. Pearson reached out to me to author a textbook on bioinorganic chemistry, which was slightly outside my area […]

How did you become involved in writing textbooks? Stuart Warren, my PhD supervisor, was contacted by Michael Rodgers, a commissioning editor at Oxford University Press, to author a textbook on organic chemistry. Stuart replied to Rodgers, ‘I can’t do it alone due to time constraints, but I could manage it if I assembled a team […]