Ilan Marek discusses the historic reasons for Israel's success in chemistry, as well as its present and future

Adam Heller discusses that not all research is equal and gives his personal suggestion on how to fund critical, independent thinking

Phosphor is essential for every living organism, it can not be substituted like oil, but its reserves are limited and distribution uneven

Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

Henning Hopf, Germany, reviews the book "The Last Alchemist in Paris & Other Curious Tales from Chemistry" by Lars Öhrström

Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

First photo-ionic version of a triode – made up of the active components anthracene unit, amine group, crown ether – synthesized

Thermal interface material developed which is able to conduct heat 20 times better than the original polymer

German biotech industry is developing slowly, but cooperations with pharmaceutical, chemical and consumer industry is promising

A cheap by-product of table sugar production can be used for the production of biofuel after treatment with fungal exoenzymes