Number of international university rankings is growing and their influence on universities and public policy is increasing

Impact of Global University Rankings

Mercury Detection by Cutting Contact
A self-powered tribolelectric nanosensor allows the sensitive and selective detection of mercury(II) ions

What is the InChI Code?
This video introduces the InChI standard - the International Chemical Identifier - to represent chemical structures

Remedies of Old – What Was in Them and Were They Effective?
Analysis of a collection of old remedies helps understanding pharmazeutics 100–200 years ago

Tenure Track: The Royal Road to Professorship?
Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Technical University Munich, Germany, explains how his institution is preparing to attract the best talent

Faster-than-Light Travel in 50 Years
50 years until Zefram Cochrane’s test flight of The Phoenix, Earth’s first warp ship; answer to Guess the Chemist 16

Wine Storage and Volatiles Composition
Spanish scientists revealed the effects of temperature and storage time on Chardonnay white wines’ volatiles composition

Vitamin C Goes Astray
Reaction pathways for Maillard degradation of vitamin C are clarified and the end-products identified

Like a Detective Story: The Discovery of C60
The discovery of fullerenes was neither quick nor easy, and was rich in surprising twists

Wonderlab Comic – April Fools' Day
Sophie and Jin-Jo play a practical joke on Catman and not only ruin his reaction, but also his day