From cure-all to most notorious drug of the 20th century

A growing collection of articles looking at substances like nicotine, LSD, and marijuana from a chemical perspective, exploring how they are used and why, etc.

Highlights from the chemistry community, with a special focus on Europe—This month: How does a candle burn in zero gravity? - What bacteria are on the ISS? - etc.

Who is the first person to have an element named after them in their lifetime? And who is the second?

Solar-powered, electrolysis-based system

The striped skunk’s secretion is a highly complex natural substance and a masterpiece of sulfur chemistry

Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The chemist and entrepreneur began as a pharmacist at his "Grüne Apotheke," improved chemicals for photography, founded Schering AG, and co-founded the German Chemical Society

Enantioselective hydroformylation of vinyl arenes via copper hydride catalysis

Metal-free organic framework (COF) for electrocatalytic production of ethylene from CO₂