How can a tiny molecule like ethanol be at the root of so much human misery?

Chemistry of a Hangover — Alcohol and its Consequences

Atomic Radii of the Elements
Atomic radii of the main group elements vary in a predictable and explicable manner across the periodic table

Wonderlab Comic — Goggles
Everything is back-to-front when an accident in Wonderlab turns Sophie into the safety monitor

Most Accessed Articles: March 2011
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for March 2011

A Passive Gold Surface
Understanding how the passivating layer on a gold surface forms could see more accurate biosensors developed

Shaping Platinum with Peptides
It is possible to create nanoscopic particles of platinum with precise shapes using facet-specific peptide sequences, according to US chemists

Activated Methane: Greenhouse Gas Turns to Feedstock
The successful generation of bare [CuO]+ has revealed the final piece of the puzzle about the activation of methane

Catalytic Revelation
Good agreement in calculations and experiment reveal how an important pre-catalyst used in olefin metathesis is activated

Celebrate the IYC with Wiley!
Celebrate the International Year of Chemistry with Wiley! - Read for free - see book discounts - more every month

Tracking Bismuth
Tracking bismuth uptake at the single-cell level using mass spectrometry could see new anti-ulcer drugs developed