A German study identified the volatiles substances contained in three different species of licorice roots

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for October 2012

Hydrodynamic and mass transfer characteristics of a novel tray with SiC ceramic foam (SFCT) are studied in different pilot plants

Professor George Sheldrick, University of Göttingen, Germany, celebrates his 70th birthday

Digital photographs used to extract color and spectral information of reactive fluorophores

Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Single crystals of three soluble Yb@C82 isomers allowed accurate crystallographic elucidation of their molecular structures

P. Mahaffy, Canada, talks about the need to change the way of teaching chemistry and where he sees chemical education in 50 years

Ever struggled to engage a student in a conversation at a poster session? Wonderlab explores some of the reasons why

How do you grow a crystal if your compound decomposes in air? We look at techniques that work for both air-sensitive and air-stable compounds