The European chemicals regulation REACH enters its second deadline and companies now must start working for the third phase

The winners of the annual national and bi-national prizes of the SCF include Klaus Müllen, Santiago Alvarez Reverter, and Samir Zard

Professor Frances Arnold, Caltech, USA, has been awarded the Emanuel Merck Lectureship and will deliver a special public lecture

By metabolizing L-carnitine, a nutrient abundant in red meat, intestinal bacteria promote atherosclerosis

IT security is becoming a cornerstone of the German economy

Introduction of a sulfoximine group into anticancer candidates shows that sometimes sticking to the unconventional pays off

Pincer carbene ligands mediate the coupling of a coordinated acetonitrile ligand and its unusual reactivity opens application in catalysis

Serotonin receptors present structural differences which can be used to design agonistic drugs devoid of side effects

Life span of cloud-forming sulfate particles in the air is shorter than assumed due to a reaction pathway catalysed by mineral dust within clouds

Photoresponsive supramolecular gels that incorporate an azobenzene unit into peptide side chains are reported