How is it that only plants from the genus Capsicum are able to synthesize compounds that sting one’s tongue so intensely?

The Biochemistry of Peppers

Make Chemistry More Attractive
Dr. Thomas Geelhaar, the new President of the GDCh, will focus on working towards better acceptance of chemistry in society

Chemical Poem: Bromine
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

Analytical Trends of the Food Industry
Dr. Suman, Barilla, and Dr. Biasioli, Fondazione Edmund Mach, talk about analytical chemistry and recent trends

Angewandte Chemie 19/2014: Good Vibrations
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Academic−Industrial Partnerships in Drug Discovery and Development
According to K. C. Nicolaou, such a partnership will be essential to apply fundamental chemistry to medicine

Detecting Diamonds With X-Ray Technology
A new algorithm is making it possible to find diamonds in the rock

94th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan
Highlights of the event attended by approx. 8000 chemists

Guess the Mineral (1)
Guess the name of a mineral with the help of an image and some tips

New Approach to Studying Solar Panel Absorber Materials
First use of the X-ray resonant single-crystal diffraction technique for the investigation of the Cu2ZnSnS4 structure