The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals for October 2014

Collaborations are essential for the future of chemistry, but so is appreciation of its history

Paper sensors for blood typing are designed in barcode shape, enabling seamless integration with smartphones

The winning entries in the 2014 Comic Competition have been announced

Impact and influence of rankings on European higher education institutions

Hans von Euler-Chelpin received the Nobel prize for his work on the role of enzymes in the fermentation of sugar

What does tobacco contain and which chemical changes happen between the harvest and a finished cigarette?

Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

Capillary electrophoresis and inductively coupled mass spectrometry can be used for the accurate identification of nanoparticles

Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?