Gold microcapsules with air-filled cavities act as contrast agent for ultrasound and photothermically activated drug for cancer

Sophie and friends discover the joys and pitfalls of litmus paper

Rotational transitions induced in molecules on a chip could have important applications in quantum computing

How the simplest molecule – H2 – governed the cosmological development of our universe

Report from the 10th Winter Conference on Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry, January 2011, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA

European Women in Chemistry edited by Jan Apotheker and Livia Simon Sarkadi, reviewed by Francesco De Angelis, University of l’Aquila, Italy

Drug discovery - where does the future lie? Small molecule drugs will play a major role according to H. Wild and D. Heimbach

The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, opened the IYC Ceremony in Germany. Here are the highlights

Vincenzo Barone, the new president of the Società Chimica Italiana (SCI), talks about the SCI, IYC 2011, politics, young chemists

The chemical industries of Brazil, China, Russia and Saudi Arabia in terms of total revenue and revenue by sector