Klaus Roth concludes his look at espresso with a scrutinizing glance at the foamy, consolidated surface layer, the crema

The creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was not just a comic writer but a lover of science – from quantum physics to evolution.

With new impact factors being announced, ChemViews takes a look at their calculation, controversy and usage.

"Gone is gone. There are no alternatives." - Interview with Koop Lammertsma, VU University, the Netherlands.

"It puzzles me why some chemists do not see chemistry as the big science." - Interview with Ben Daivis, University of Oxford, UK

Switches between superhydrophobicity to superhydrophilic with pH could have important applications in medical applications.

The glycoalkaloid tomatine has been shown to inhibit human cancer cells in vitro but its concentration in tomatoes depends on the ripeness.

The EU will add EUR 40 million to its contribution to the international Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) program.

Accurate chronology of the kings of ancient Egypt mapped using a radiocarbon analysis of short-lived plant remains from the region.

Enzymatic generation of quantum dots could lead to news ways of analyzing milk by fluorescence spectroscopy.