How can a tiny molecule like ethanol be at the root of so much human misery?

Chemistry of a Hangover — Alcohol and its Consequences

Wonderlab Comic — Goggles
Everything is back-to-front when an accident in Wonderlab turns Sophie into the safety monitor

Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prizes 2011
Recognition and incentive for early career researchers goes to six researchers; remarkably young prize winners

Women in Chemistry — Interview with Maria Gavrilescu
Maria Gavrilescu is professor at the Gheorghe Asachi Technical Universiry, Iasi, Romania, and author of highly cited review articles

Women in Chemistry — Interview with Yamuna Krishnan
Yamuna Krishnan, NCBS, India, already perfomed a remarkable career, is enthusiastic not only about sciences, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi

DFG Establishes 13 New Priority Programmes
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschft (DFG) establishes priority programmes leveraging scientific expertise in Germany and further afield

Fermenting Green
Genetically modified cyanobacteria convert membrane lipids into fatty acids for economical and environmentally sustainable biofuel

Most Accessed Articles: March 2011
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for March 2011

Anti-Inflammatory Shrub
Attempts to uncover active components of folk medicine have led to discovery of three new anti-inflammatory compounds in a toxic shrub

Pharmaceuticals Similar To Pesticides
The risk associated with pharmaceuticals and pesticides is similar, but both are vital tools to maintain human health