The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for May 2012

Paper biosensor uses the principles of origami to make simple, cheap, and power-free detector for electrochemical detection of adenosine

An overview of the latest trend report published annually in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, the GDCh magazine

Size of the Nobel Prize is being reduced by 20 % to safeguard long-term capital

Early View articles of 170 peer-reviewed chemistry journals — keep yourself easily up-to-date about the latest findings in your field

Max Malacria, Kiyotomi Kaneda, Zuowei Xie, and Helmut Schwarz are interviewed this month

Ultrashort flashes of X-radiation allow obtaining atomic structures of macromolecules even from tiny protein crystals

X-ray diffraction proved that X-rays are waves and the space lattice theory of crystals. Its discoverer is the answer to Guess the Chemist (6)

The quick and efficient setting up of a column can take years to master. Here are some tips and tricks to set up the perfect column

As winter begins in the southern hemisphere, Wonderlab looks at some of the many reasons chemists don't like rain