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The Field of Chemistry

Wonderlab Comic — Student vs. Teacher
We discover the real reason that chemistry T-shirts are popular as Sophie and friends take on the teacher in this latest installment

Solar-Energy-Driven Biomass Fuel Cell
Light-assisted biomass fuel cell for renewable electricity generation from wastewater

Angewandte Chemie 18/2012: No End in Sight
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Conformations of Tartaric Acids
Tartaric acids and their derivatives crystallize with molecular structures significantly different from those of isolated molecules

ACS Meeting San Diego: L. Scott and M. Petrukhina on Fullerene Fragments
Lawrence Scott and Marina Petrukhina discuss their new book on fullerene fragments and other open geodesic polyaromatic molecules

Assessing Academic Researchers
Richard N. Zare states that in judging researchers early in their career, the h-index seems to be a poor measure

Most Accessed Articles: March 2012
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for March 2012

Large-Scale Fabrication of Hydro- And Aerogels
Monolithic hydrogels and aerogels fabricated on macroscopic scale by simple template-directed, hydrothermal carbonization process

Boron Conjugation Holds the Key
Boron-containing π-conjugated heterocycles shed light on optoelectronics