Stories of feeling out-of-place during a Ph.D. abroad, overcoming doubts, and finding connection on social media
Ph.D. Journeys Abroad – Overcoming Impostor Syndrome: Why Did I Feel Like It Was Just Me?
A Big Step for CO2 Reduction and Career
M. Fricke and R. Subrahmanyam on their 100 % bio-based insulating lignin aerogel and their BASF spin-off
Finding Success with a Waterproof Wood Composite
Petro Lahtinen, founder and CEO of Woodio, considers chemical entrepreneurship to be less risky than pursuing an academic career
Prussian Blue: Discovery and Betrayal – Part 2
How Johann Konrad Dippel almost ruined the Prussian blue business
The Road to the Nobel Prize
Who nominates the Nobel Prize candidates and how is the winner selected? Test your knowledge in the quiz
Non-Covalent Interactions: Interview with Goar Sánchez-Sanz
Computational insights into these bindings, which are individually quite weak, but stabilize large structures and mediate specific bonding interactions
Interview with Ingmar Hoerr, Pioneer of mRNA Technology
As a Ph.D. student, Hoerr discovered that mRNA can be used as a therapeutic vaccine or agent when administered directly into tissues
Does Climate Change Have an Impact on Cultural Heritage?
Paul Bellendorf, University of Bamberg, on materials and building preservation sciences and the current challenges facing heritage sciences
World-Changing Moments in Your Own Research
Crispin Lichtenberg, University of Würzburg, on his fascination with and successes in bismuth chemistry
Searching for Christmas Presents?
Editors recommend science-themed holiday gift ideas