The creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was not just a comic writer but a lover of science – from quantum physics to evolution.
Science at the End of the Universe
Factors Behind the Impact
With new impact factors being announced, ChemViews takes a look at their calculation, controversy and usage.
Future Visions of Chemistry: Koop Lammertsma
"Gone is gone. There are no alternatives." - Interview with Koop Lammertsma, VU University, the Netherlands.
Future Visions of Chemistry: Ben Davis
"It puzzles me why some chemists do not see chemistry as the big science." - Interview with Ben Daivis, University of Oxford, UK
What Makes a Great Chemistry Journal?
Peter Gölitz, Editor of Angew. Chem., discusses impact factors, dealing with criticism, and the future of science publishing
Blue Bananas
Unique blue fluorescent chlorophyll decomposition products in banana leaves not mere detoxification products
Top Companies and Sales
A global look at the chemistry industry with breakdowns by company and region.
Scaffold Synthesis
The enantioselective synthesis of alkaloids, using a tricyclic (R)-phenylglycinol-derived lactam scaffold is reported.
Long Fuse
George Whitesides describes how dots of salt can be used to transmit information for times electronics or batteries fail.
Dot Products
Enzymatic generation of quantum dots could lead to news ways of analyzing milk by fluorescence spectroscopy.