With the world's popluation predicted to grow to 8.2 billion by 2030, what are the consequences for the economy and chemical industry?

A new model suggests how melanopsin, a non-visual pigment in the eye, responds to blue light and controls our body clock 

What is an ergot-infested grain kernel? Part 2 looks at the life-cycle of the fungus, how it contributed to the Salem witch trials, and a self test

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Sarah E. Reisman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, and Corey R. J. Stephenson, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA, awarded

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With over 400,000 copies, the book has strongly affected the basic university education in organic chemistry

Professor Nicholas J. Turro, Columbia University, USA, has passed away

The first ordered Si nanocrystal arrays may provide a new platform to study and tailor the light-emitting properties of silicon

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