Artificial muscle contracts and expands with changes in humidity

Homogeneous, redox-switchable, N-heterocyclic carbene/ferrocenyl-based catalysts for ring-closing metathesis reactions

Two different terpyridine ligands self-assemble when mixed with zinc(II) ions to form 2D or 3D spoked wheels

A concise synthesis of a novel alkaloid natural product with the pyrroloindoloquinazoline skeleton has been devised

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Organocatalytic continuous-flow Michael additions give great selectivity and good product diversity

Plague detection through anti-carbohydrate antibodies could lead to rapid point-of-care diagnosis

A supramolecular cubooctahedron packed with 240 boron atoms has been synthesized using coordination-driven assembly

Martyn Poliakoff, UK, and freelance filmmaker Brady Haran discuss how YouTube can be used to inspire the next generation of chemists

2-benzoxopinones were synthesized by a dual activation strategy, involving N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis and a second Lewis base