How can a tiny molecule like ethanol be at the root of so much human misery? Klaus Roth looks at how ethanol is metabolized

It's Gin-Jo's birthday in the Wonderlab and Sophie has arranged a little surprise

Ionic radii vary with coordination number, spin state, and other parameters but periodic trends can be recognized

Polly Arnold, University of Edinburgh, UK, already was identified as a rising star when presented a prize by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh

José L. Alonso, Jin-Quan Yu, Guy Bertrand, and Kenichiro Itami, are interviewed this month

Hierarchically mesostructured silica nanoparticles act as superhydrophilic and Vis/NIR antireflection coatings

Non-conventional synthesis of series of titania/silica composites carried out in supercritical carbon dioxide

New iridium complexes with C^C^N tridentate ligands show luminescence at longer wavelengths than previous Ir complexes

German-Japanese research team receives Eugen and Ilse Seibold Prize 2011

Daniel J. Mindiola, Dieter Schlüter, Takashi Kato, Buxing Han and are interviewed this month