Combination of Lewis acids and fluorescent Lewis bases gives fluorescent dyes

Behind the Science: New Concepts for White-Light Emission

Roger Tsien (1952 – 2016)
Nobel Laureate, famous for his work on the green fluorescent protein, passed away

Body Heat as a Power Source
Wearable integrated thermocells based on gel electrolytes

Gold from Waste
Selective recovery of gold from secondary resources by a simple extraction method

Bringing Synthetic Biology to Life
An amazing opportunity to meet new people, network, learn more about synthetic biology, and communicate with the general public

How Did Phosphate Get Into RNA?
Urea as one of the essential components in prebiotic environments

HPLC Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
I was always interested in the development of coupled techniques and their applications in the study of natural complex matrices

Crystal Analysis in 3D
Photon energy as the third dimension in crystallographic texture analysis

Ahmed H. Zewail (1946 – 2016)
Chemistry Nobel Laureate and femtochemistry pioneer passed away

Medicinal Chemistry – Research and Publishing
Giorgio Tarzia, Antonello Mai, Rainer Metternich share their thoughts on where the field of medicinal chemistry is headed