The Magazine of Chemistry Europe

Test your knowledge of MS, MALDI-TOF MS, and lncRNAs! What information can mass spectrometry reveal?

From molecules that give pumpkins their flavor and color to pumpkin-shaped molecules

Catia Bastioli, Italy, has been awarded the Maria Bakunin Medal by the Società Chimica Italiana (SCI, Italian Chemical Society) for her outstanding work in the field of bioplastics

He Li, China, discusses using amorphous-like Cu–Zn atomic clusters on silicon nanowires to enable faster, more efficient urea formation

A low-cost copper system that forms nitrogen-rich rings in minutes and serves as a light-activated tool for further transformations

Margaret Thatcher, who studied chemistry and worked briefly as a chemist before dedicating herself fully to politics, would have turned 100 today

Katja Heinze, Robert Naumann, and Steven Sittel (Mainz) synthesized a series of chromium(III) chromophores with identical optical properties but systematically tunable redox behavior to study photoredox mechanisms

Test your knowledge! Mass spectrometry is a powerful analytical technique that identifies and quantifies chemical species by measuring the mass-to-charge ratio of ions

J. Voigtland and M. Ludwig, TU Munich, show how main-group elements like Al and Si can fine-tune transition-metal reactivity, offering new ways to activate CO₂

Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?