Unusual interface between chemistry and religion, drawing upon examples from Islamic and Judaic law

Professor Gerhard Gottschalk, Germany, discusses his views on bacteria's role in the future of bioenergy

Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

New method for template-directed DNA synthesis in the 3’ and 5’ directions could help explain origin of life

Book on how to write chemistry patents is reviewed by S. Manyem and C. Goddard, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, USA

Gold mesoflowers, flower-shaped gold particles, allow the selective optical TNT detection down to the sub-zeptomole level

Book on controlling photochemical processes is reviewed by Alberto Credi, University di Bologna, Italy

Dr. Detlef Schröder, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic, has passed away

Book on dendrimers and their applications is reviewed by Mauri Kostiainen, Aalto University, Finland

Book that looks at the rapidly growing interest in open geodesic polyaromatic molecules is reviewed by Fabien Durola, France