J. Calado, University of Lisbon, talks about chemistry, history and art, and what really drove Mendeleev to create the Periodic Table

A novel property of spider silk: chemical defence against ants

International renowned school for Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biotechnology and the Environment, celebrated with outstanding scientists

A range of posters celebrating chemists and their contributions to mankind have been produced by graphic designer Simon Page

The Chemical Record special issue includes personal account articles from all seven past Merck-Banyu Lectureship awardees

Talk about the current state-of-the art of carbon dioxide recycling, carbon dioxide as a key element for the future of the chemical industry

Peter Gölitz, Editor-in-Chief of Angewandte Chemie, receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Basel

Liquid-phase material that stores H2 could make the transition to an H2-based energy economy cheaper and easier

Rutger van Santen looks at how catalysis combines science and technology to yield advances that would be otherwise impossible

Dinucleotide–RNA duplexes with high thermal stability show promise in biotechnology and may help treat genetic diseases