The Magazine of Chemistry Europe

The highest award of the Israel Chemical Society (ICS) is presented to Professor Raphael David Levine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Anders Ekeberg discovered the element tantalum despite being partially sighted and deaf; answer to Guess the Chemist (14)

Gian Piero Spada, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Bologna, Italy, has passed away

Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Paul Knochel and Nagao Kobayashi were interviewed this month

Development of shale oil and gas has opened new sources of oil, natural gas, and key petrochemical feedstocks

World chemical sales in 2011 are valued at € 2,744 billion, an increase of 95 % in value terms compared with 2001

Theodore W. Richards provided accurate masses for 30 elements, the first experimental evidence of isotopes; answer to Guess the Chemist (13)

Aerogels made by using a simple, benign process useful as thermal insulators, catalyst supports and for construction of biomedical materials

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for December 2012