Lene Hviid, Knowledge Group Leader and Project Manager, Tata Steel, the Netherlands, took an interesting way from research to management

Women in Chemistry — Interview with Lene Hviid

Women in Chemistry — Interview with Helena Dodziuk
Helena Dodziuk, Polish Academy of Sciences, works on molecules with interesting topography and strained hydrocarbons with unusual spatial structures

The Chemist’s Fear of the Fugu — Part 3
Klaus Roth considers the poison tetrodotoxin from the fugu's perspective

Places of Discovery of the Elements
All 92 naturally occurring elements were identified in Europe while the artificial elements were mostly discovered in the USA

Could Dopamine be the Most Evil Chemical in the World?
Two neighboring hydroxy groups on a benzene ring with an amino group just around the corner. Nothing too complicated really. Or is it?

Full to the Brim with Hydrogen
Porous form of magnesium borohydride can store hydrogen in two ways: chemically bound and physically adsorbed

New Catalyst for Hydrogen Production
Mild but very efficient: new catalytic process extracts hydrogen from bioalcohols

Blocking Ion Channels to Treat Depression
A pharmacologically active antagonist of the two-pore-domain potassium ion channel could help treat depression

Who's Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Make your predictions for the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry here

Rudolf Mössbauer (1929 – 2011)
Rudolf Mössbauer, Nobel Prize winner best known for the effect that is the basis for Mössbauer spectroscopy, has passed away