Editors recommend chemistry and science related books fun to read during this summer

Summer Reading 2014

Guess the Mineral (3)
Guess the name of a mineral with the help of an image and some tips

Chemical Poems: Tin
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

Textile Solar Cells
Affordable and inexpensive: flexible fiber perovskite solar cells

Angewandte Chemie 31/2014: Sizzling Hot
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Trap Neon in Ice
Neon forms hydrate through encapsulation under high-pressure and low-temperature conditions

Career: As A Chemist at a Museum
Dr. S. Röhrs has worked as a scientist at the Musées de France, The British Museum, and is now at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Chrysotile
Chrysotile is often called white asbestos and belongs to the serpentine group of phyllosilicates; answer to Guess the Mineral (2)

Measuring the Impact of an Article
Article-level metrics help to find out what impact your scientific work has on the internet

A New Route to Azaborinines
From boroles to 1,2-azaborinines by ring expansion with azides