Insights from personal experiences about care responsibilities as well as suggestions for institutional approaches to help improve the work–life balance in academia

Thoughts on Care and Career Responsibilities in Academia

Metal-Covalent Organic Framework for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction
Vinylene-linked framework with cyclic tri-copper units provided enhanced charge separation efficiency

Connecting Minds and Stimulating Ideas for Future Progress
The huge National Conference of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI) in Milan covered a wide range of topics from chemistry, but also from ethics to music, film, and visual arts – some highlights

α-Spiropyrrolidones Made from Aminobinaphthalinols
Amino-functionalized derivatives of the well-known BINOL ligands oxidized to induce a skeletal rearrangement

Waste Management & Waste to Energy Asia Summit 2024 (lndonesia Focus)
Expecting industry leaders and specialists working in the fields of waste treatment and conversion from across the world

X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS/ESCA) and Data Processing Short Course
XPS is used to determine the atoms present at a surface and their concentrations, chemistry, and lateral and depth distributions

CasaXPS Short Course
User-friendly data processing for XPS/ESCA spectra

2nd EFMC International Symposium on Chemical Biology (EFMC-ISCB)
Bringing together leading scientists to showcase the latest advances in the field of chemical biology

Collaborations in History
A chemistry picture quiz about cooperation partners

Death in a Pot: From England’s Famous Chemist to Exiled and Forgotten
Why did Fredrick Accum’s 1820 book about simple methods for detecting the adulteration of foods not make him a pioneer of consumer protection?