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Starch is the main source of digestible energy in humans, and a major component of our diet. This article analyses polysaccharides, and what they mean to life on this planet.

Examining Azo-containing redox as an energy storage system, in the global transition towards electricaly-generated power sources.

Celebrating the life and works of Ashley Wilson, a keen and long-term supporter of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, who died recently aged 90 years.

The Ferrier Research Institute and Albert Einstein College of Medicine have spent three decades fine-tuning the process of Transition state (TS) analogue design. This article aims to provide a high-level introduction to the process, and provide selected examples that highlight the relevance of this process to drug development.

‍Dr Joanna Dowle (Senior Advisor at the Environmental Protection Authority) outlines the long and varied history of how we’ve used lead – despite its toxicity.This is an excerpt from the EPA’s Science at work series of science communication stories.

Combining chemotherapeutics with immune-enhancing pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) to improve cancer treatments: A new cancer treatment option to overcome established cancers.

‍Passed away 2 April 2023 in Waikanae aged 93

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

Francis Brian Shorland, OBE, PhD, DSc (L’pool), Hon. DSc (VUW), FRSNZ (1909-1999)

Urine has been fundamental to several significant discoveries, including phosphorus, gunpowder and fertiliser. Modern plumbing has distanced us from this waste product but recent research has looked into uses of urine to find solutions to current environmental, food and energy crises. This article recaps historically significant substances arising from urine, and briefly discusses several recent developments on nutrient and energy recovery from wastewater and urine.