The chemist’s fear of the fugu or pufferfish extends as far as the distinctive and intriguing poison it carries

The Chemist’s Fear of the Fugu

The Good And The Bad News for Chocolate Fans
As with any vice — Bieber, brews, or bars of chocolate — those who partake to excess will have a trove of excuses

Unmasked by X-rays
Active substances such as signaling agents or toxins can be unmasked by X-ray radiation if the mask has an antenna

Simple and Efficient Water Oxidation
Simple and commercially available iridium precursors are tested for their ability to promote water oxidation

Women in Chemistry and EurJOC
EurJOC's special issue on women chemists demonstrates that the possibility for women to excel in chemistry is only limited by perception

Sugars Can Aggregate Too
Defined, reversible aggregates of sugar chains have been observed for the first time and could enable on-site detection of diseases

Will Chemistry Make the World a Better Place?
Frank Weinreich, Wiley-VCH, Germany, takes a look at a book that asks how attainable the goals of the chemical community are

Wave Motion
New compounds for molecule interferometry experiments

At Last, A Definitive Periodic Table?
ChemistryViews article and ensuing discussion has spawned a development in this field courtesy of UCLA chemistry professor E. Scerri

Modified Genetic Alphabet
Chemical evolution generates bacterial strain with artificial nucleotide in its genome