First chiral dopants that induce a helical inversion in chiral nematic liquid crystals (N*-LC) may be applicable for advanced optical memory devices

Global project to provide one million chemistry kits to two million students in the developing world launched

Study highlights importance of graphene nanoplatelet shape as driver for toxicity

Vera Köster, Wiley-VCH, is awarded for the planning, development, and running of the ChemistryViews website

Drop-on-demand, non-vacuum and room-temperature printing process of patterned single-crystal semiconductor films

Daniel Seidel, Rutgers University, awarded the Carl Duisberg Memorial Award for his work on organocatalysis and C–H bond activation

Orexin receptor antagonist developed by Merck and currently in phase II trials promising for treating insomnia

A new lead for antimalarial drugs has been developed through structure-activity studies on the GlaxoSmithkline database

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

A terpyridine could be a novel chemodosimeter compound for exposure to nerve agents, according to researchers in India