Tartaric acid can be used as a chiral template to modify a specific surface of a copper catalyst

You've Got to Hand It to Tartaric Acid

Why Does Iodine Turn Starch Blue?
The exact structure of the starch-iodine complex has been a mystery

The Digital Future of Organic & Medicinal Chemistry
Influence of computer technology and future vision of an organic/medicinal chemistry lab in the eyes of a Ph.D. student

Behind the Science: Gold Nanostructures in Biomedicine
C. Cobley, ChemNanoMat, talks to Y. Xia about radiolabeled gold nanocages for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of tumors in vivo

To Tattoo or Not to Tattoo? – Part 1
Tattooing from a chemical point of view

ChemMedChem 10th Anniversary Contest (2) closed
Can you guess the drug from its structure? Send us your answer and win a book!

Beer Purity Law
Why was the beer purity law or Reinheitsgebot introduced 500 years ago?

Backbone-Degradable Polymers
Biodegradable polymers made by chemical vapor deposition (CVD)

Chemistry Advent Calendar 2016
Three chemistry highlights per week – check what is behind today's door

Light Switch in Autumn Leaves
Yellow chlorophyll decomposition products are environment-responsive photoswitches