The Periodic Debate has attracted many comments; we speak to Eric Scerri, one of the leading commenters

Maps showing the location of the main producers of elements and the amounts produced

Bifunctional metal–organic framework (MOF) regioisomers have been produced and reveal previously unrecognized importance

The first metamaterial to display optical properties accross the visible region

Michel R. Gagné, Andreas Kirschning, Fernando P. Cossio, and Jurriaan Huskens are interviewed this month

Activation of white phosphorus with silylenes gives two unusual Si–P compounds that could be precursors for semiconducting materials

A monolayer of platinum can be deposited on nanoscopic gold particles prisms to activate and enhance the catalytic properties of the platinum

New study shows we’ve been exposed to nanoparticles for longer that we thought and that size doesn't matter

Simple way to recover and reuse chiral copper bis(oxazoline) complexes reported by French researchers

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie