Zinc(II) porphyrin–octadeoxythymidine is a highly sensitive and selective fluorescence and absorption sensor for mercury ions in water

Sensitive and Selective Mercury Detection

pH Sensor for Cell Organelles
pH-dependent conformation change controls energy transfer in nanocrystal sensors

Chlorination Reveals Fullerene Structure
A new isomer of a higher fullerene, Cs-C82 (4), captured by chlorination and characterized

Biophysics Prize Awarded to W. Helfrich and C. Bustamante
The Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics has been awarded to Wolfgang Helfrich and Carlos Bustamante

Natural Health Products: Really Safe?
The daily exposure levels to metals and metalloids contaminating some natural health products exceed allowable limits

Seven Sins in Academic Behavior
What are the basic principles and rules of academic research?

Wonderlab Comic – Application Season
With stiff competition for Ph.D. positions, mediocre student Jin-Jo is advised by his Wonderlab colleagues to get his application in early

Guess the Chemist (12)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Tetraherz Radiation to Restore Artwork
Terahertz scanners will soon tell restorators quickly and completely non-destructively what is happening with an object of art

170th Birthday of Ellen Swallow Richards
Ellen Swallow Richards was a pioneering chemist, first woman to graduate from MIT, and leading advocate of women’s education