New calculations explain why vision uses the 11-cis form of the pigment retinal, rather than any of the other possible forms

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The Periodic Debate has attracted many comments; we speak to Philip Stewart, one of the leading commenters

Wonderlab is undergoing some scheduled maintenance and Sophie is sure she turned everything off

When we light a candle, the chemistry we are pursuing is not only especially beautiful, but also especially complex

The Periodic Debate has attracted many comments; we speak to Eric Scerri, one of the leading commenters

Interview with ChemistryViews Author Klaus Roth, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Maps showing the location of the main producers of elements and the amounts produced

The first metamaterial to display optical properties accross the visible region

Derivative current-density maps reveal how so-called breathing modes in the benzene ring cause aromaticity and antiaromaticity to ebb and flow