How to present your work in an enthusiastic way that will definitely not bore your audience

Holger Butenschön, Germany, reviews a book on the latest developments in chemistry learning and teaching

Quiz celebrating 20 years of cover art at Chemistry – A European Journal

Nitroaromatic compounds show varying levels of attraction to modified graphene surfaces

New chemical vapor deposition technique produces ultrathin semiconducting films

Spring Meeting of the Swiss Chemical Society (SCS) was held in Basel last week

Argon-ion based plasma processing increases the amount of electric charge that can be stored in graphene

New high-pressure phase has improved mechanical properties and promise for anode materials

Self-propelled microparticles boost hydrogen release from liquid storage media

Supramolecular fluorescent materials can be used as counterfeit-proof inks to encrypt and verify information