The Oktoberfest Rearrangement

The Oktoberfest Rearrangement

A closer look at the chemical role hops play in the beer-brewing process shows how beer owes its marvelous flavor to a great deal of chemistry

125 Years of Liquid Crystals

125 Years of Liquid Crystals

Since the discovery of liquid crystals in 1888, the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1991 was awarded for research into liquid crystals and they have become essential to our everyday lives