Each of the 34 designs of the official Olympic torch has relyed on chemistry to stay alight throughout the torch relay

What made Stradivari's violins so special? Klaus Roth looks at the important role of chemistry in Stradivari's workshop and instruments

What would a football game be without chemistry?

When we rap a knife on the shell of a freshly boiled egg we are seldom aware of what a technical marvel we are dealing with

Klaus Roth uncovers the nature of this culinary-chemical marvel, and thereby comes to enjoy it all the more

In this last part we consider a candle burning in the absence of gravity

We pursue the fate of a single wax molecule in a burning candle

The different reaction zones of a candle flame and its heat and mass transfer pathways

A range of posters celebrating chemists and their contributions to mankind have been produced by graphic designer Simon Page

Switzerland is celebrating the International Year of Chemistry 2011 with every cup of coffee!