Discovery and innovation
Chemistry is core to advances across every facet of human life
Where do the greatest opportunities lie? How will technology shape the science we create? And what steps should we take to ensure that curiosity-driven research continues to unlock new opportunities in unexpected ways?
In close collaboration with the research community, we set out the likely future of where chemistry鈥檚 greatest contributions will be 鈥� as well as the regulatory and funding environments needed to achieve them.
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Our research community
Re-thinking excellence in research - 番茄社区 signs DORA
We are the first major chemical society to sign up to the declaration’s principles to assess research outputs in a fair and balanced manner.
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