In advance of submitting official registration documents for its intended merger with the US company Axalta, Dutch coatings leader AkzoNobel has revealed that it has received—and swiftly turned down—two joint counter-offers from Sherwin-Williams and Nippon Paint. The more lucrative of these, which was declined on May 1, proposed €73 in cash for each AkzoNobel share, […]

Staff members at the University of Sheffield’s chemistry department have been notified that 20% of the faculty may face redundancy, along with a comparable percentage of materials scientists. The university links these job losses to financial constraints within the higher education landscape, though staff representatives contend that other options are viable. On 19 May, staff […]

**The Development and Significance of Click Chemistry in Contemporary Science** A quarter-century ago, the molecular sciences community encountered the advent of click chemistry, an idea that has since reshaped the realm of chemical synthesis and applications in diverse areas. Initially presented in the journal *Angewandte Chemie*, this concept, conceived by Nobel Prize winner Barry Sharpless, […]