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Photo Competition “Vibrant Chemistry” – Your Submissions
Your photos that represent how vibrant chemistry can be
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Photo Competition – Vibrant Chemistry
Show how vibrant chemistry is as a science and have the chance to win book prizes
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Chemistry of Fussballliebe, the Official Match Ball for UEFA EURO 2024
The 2024 soccer ball is called FUSSBALLLIEBE, which means "love of soccer," and it brings a lot of chemistry to the game
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Summer Reading 2024
What to read this summer: Editors recommend fun science-related books
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Lunar Rocks from the Far Side of the Moon
China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe has landed on the far side of the Moon and will for the first time return samples from the far side to Earth
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The Misjudgment of Heroin
From cure-all to most notorious drug of the 20th century
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Who is Nature’s Biggest Stinker?
The striped skunk’s secretion is a highly complex natural substance and a masterpiece of sulfur chemistry
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14 Cool Facts About the Number 14
ChemistryViews was launched 14 years ago – we took this as an opportunity to reflect on the number 14
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Soundtrack Competition for Young Italian Musicians
The Italian Chemical Society (SCI) is hosting a national competition for young musicians to compose soundtracks for scientific films
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The Chemistry Behind the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights
Beautiful natural phenomenon caused by the interaction between charged particles from the Sun and the Earth's atmosphere
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Absinthe: The Magic of the Green Fairy – Part 3
How toxic is thujone and how much of it is absorbed when drinking?
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Water-Based Paints: Less Smelly, But Still Harmful?
Investigating the chemical composition of popular water-based paint brands advertised as zero- or low-volatile organic compound (VOC)
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Cooking & Chemistry
This growing collection explores the intersection of chemistry and cooking
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The Molecular Marvels of the Transformers
The hypothetical chemistry behind the sentient alien robots that can transform into vehicles, machines, or creatures known from comic books, cartoons, toys, and movies
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Sparkler Burns in Raw Egg
A cool Easter experiment and a bit of chemistry to go with it
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Buttons
The essay that won 2nd place in the SCI's 1000xChemistry essay competition, tells the story of a mysterious button that triggers chaos, causing the protagonist to reflect on his academic and life choices
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1000xChemistry – Creative Storytelling in 1000 Words
The winning stories from the 2nd Chemistry Culture Dissemination Essay Contest of the Italian Chemical Society
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An Electron in the Mirror
It was a morning in the microcosm of subatomic particles ... The essay that won 1st place in the SCI's 1000xChemistry essay competition
![Absinthe: The Magic of the Green Fairy – Part 1](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024_AbsinthPreview1-125x94.png)
Absinthe: The Magic of the Green Fairy – Part 1
When drinking modern absinthe, is there still a chance of getting a kiss from the Green Fairy like the Bohemian Parisians at the end of the 19th century?