At IUPAC 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Stefan Grimme received the prestigious Chemistry Europe Award for his contributions to density functional theory

2025 Chemistry Europe Award Presented to Stefan Grimme at IUPAC Opening Ceremony

TR-FRET Patform for Rapid Drug Measurement in Cells
A modular TR-FRET system quantifies small-molecule drugs directly in cell lysates with high sensitivity, ideal for screening and drug development.

🧪 Article Highlight: Light-Activated Iron Catalysts for Efficient Curing of Dark Alkyd Paints
Photoactive iron–naphthalene complexes enable fast, environmentally friendly curing of even dark-pigmented alkyd paints

Chirality Unveiled in DNA by Terahertz ROA
This study reveals spontaneous chirality in guanosine G-quadruplexes using terahertz ROA, offering insight into life's origins and bioanalysis.

Photothermal/ONOO–-Generating Imaging-Therapy Nanoplatform
Xiaoyan Cui and colleagues have quantitatively evaluated the aggregation of molecules and proposed a general strategy for fine-tuning the fluorogenicity of Group 14 (C, Si, Ge) rhodamines

IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2030
The global event for water professionals covering the full water cycle - topic this year: Shaping Our Water Future

IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2028
The global event for water professionals covering the full water cycle - topic this year: Shaping Our Water Future

IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2026
The global event for water professionals covering the full water cycle - topic this year: Shaping Our Water Future

Chemistry Europe’s Top Summer 2025 Book & Podcast Picks
What to read or listen to this summer? I have asked members of the Chemistry Europe community to recommend enjoyable science-themed books and podcasts

Carbon-Nitrogen Axial Chirality as a Novel Chiral Framework Design Strategy for Circularly
Novel C-N axial chirality strategy creates efficient CPL enantiomers (S/R)-AI-2TCFC with AIE/TADF. Demonstrated in working CPEL devices, advancing chiral optoelectronic materials