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European Women in Chemistry edited by Jan Apotheker and Livia Simon Sarkadi, reviewed by Francesco De Angelis, University of l’Aquila, Italy

Microwaves can be used to heat food in times that put conventional ovens to shame. But how do they do it?

Compound used as marker for the detection of a banned antimicrobial agent is shown to naturally occur in prawns

Polyphenols found in chocolate shown to lower levels of “bad” cholesterol while increasing production of heart-healthy cholesterol

Vincenzo Barone, the new president of the Società Chimica Italiana (SCI), talks about the SCI, IYC 2011, politics, young chemists

A new comic series by Sophie Lin: It's a bad day for glassware in Sophie's lab as they play Survivor ...

Professor Hee Yoon Lee, KAIST, Korea, is the December winner of the campaign: Register for ChemViews Newsletter & Win an iPad

The development of postharvest technologies could reduce the loss of food from farmer to consumer and help reduce poverty

TRPA1 receptor in the throat responds to anti-inflammatories by making you cough - its activity could be used in drug screening