President of the Italian Chemical Society, Angela Agostiano, about her vision for chemical societies and the societal importance of chemistry

10-year registration period for existing chemicals completed; one uniform regulatory system for all chemicals on the EU/EEA market

Nanoparticles with multifunctional drug precursor for synergistic tumor therapy

Triplex-signal chemosensor for naked-eye and spectrometric lead detection

Dynamic combinatorial libraries generated from hydrazone-functionalized surface mimetics

Highly luminescent inks made from copper–iodine hybrid clusters

Highly conductive electrode materials from ultrathin carbon nanofiber aerogels derived from nanofibrillated cellulose

Universal pH-regulated assembly of DNA nanostructures

A short but impressive event

Pattern can be read out using birefringence; allows the recording of fingerprints