First chiral dopants that induce a helical inversion in chiral nematic liquid crystals (N*-LC) may be applicable for advanced optical memory devices

B. Weckhuysen, E. Bouwnan, E. de Jong, consortium partners in CatchBio, talk about their experiences, their expectations, why CatchBio is so unique

In every lab there are three cursed objects that should never be opened — Wonderlab is no different ...

Global project to provide one million chemistry kits to two million students in the developing world launched

Daniel Seidel, Rutgers University, awarded the Carl Duisberg Memorial Award for his work on organocatalysis and C–H bond activation

Vera Köster, Wiley-VCH, is awarded for the planning, development, and running of the ChemistryViews website

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

A heterogeneous porous Sr–MgO nanocomposite catalyst allows for the mild transesterification of palm oil to methanol

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for January 2012