Professor George M. Whitesides, Cambridge, USA, celebrates his 75th birthday on August 3, 2014

75th Birthday: George Whitesides

Drug Design with Fluorine NMR
A correlation between 19F NMR chemical shifts and intermolecular interactions gives guidelines for interactions with receptors

Trap Neon in Ice
Neon forms hydrate through encapsulation under high-pressure and low-temperature conditions

Career: As A Chemist at a Museum
Dr. S. Röhrs has worked as a scientist at the Musées de France, The British Museum, and is now at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Analyzing Li–S Batteries in Operando Mode
A new technique for the study of lithium-sulfur batteries: UV/Vis spectroscopy in operando mode

Chrysotile
Chrysotile is often called white asbestos and belongs to the serpentine group of phyllosilicates; answer to Guess the Mineral (2)

Measuring the Impact of an Article
Article-level metrics help to find out what impact your scientific work has on the internet

Organosilicon Electrodes
Covalent Si–C grafting of a silatrane cage to a carbon-based interface gives a truly conjugated benzyl-type system

Catch Bullets with Foam
Studies reveal details about how foams stop fast bullets

Sodium: The Alternative Battery
MoS2/graphene composite is an excellent anode material for sodium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitive storage systems