Highlighting special issue of ChemPubSoc Europe's national membership magazines

Hungarian Focus on the Periodic Table

Chemistry in a Difficult Environment
2019 was a difficult year for the German chemical-pharmaceutical industry; sales of Germany’s third-largest industry fell by 5 %

Cobalt Metallopeptide Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution
Light-driven proton reduction catalyzed at near-neutral pH

80th Birthday: Igor Tkatchenko
French chemist focused on catalysis and organometallic chemistry

Minor Contributors Count as Much as Heroic Discoverers
Interview with E. Scerri about his fascination for the periodic system, how discoveries are made, and what makes Mendeleev unique

The Chemistry of Superheavy Elements
C. E. Düllmann, GSI Darmstadt, gives insight into the chemistry of short-lived, superheavy atoms

Studying Superheavy Elements
M. Block, GSI Darmstadt, gives an insight into the physics of short-lived, superheavy atoms

Safe Reactions with Dangerous Gases
Troels Skrydstrup, Aarhus University, Denmark, talks about his work in organic synthesis and why Denmark is a great place to do research

Bilingual Molecule Begins to Talk
Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) combines two biological information systems

How Endangered Orchids Trick Wasps
Deceptive orchids mimic the sex pheromones of the female insect to attract male pollinators