The absolute configurations of the bitter acids of hops determined

173 million deliveries in 31 hours? We look at the science behind Santa's Technosleigh and what makes Rudolph's nose glow

Robert Woodward was the first to make it in 1954 – and you?

Highly efficient electrocatalyst for the reduction of oxygen in fuel cells and batteries

US researchers have created a DNA-based hydrogel with unique mechanical features useful in electronics or for medical purposes

Planned boycott of rankings of the German Chemistry Departments at the Universities

An organocatalytic method yields 2,3-disubstituted dihydrobenzofurans with high optical purity

Zinc bis(alkanesulphinate) salts are a chemical toolkit enabling the synthesis of novel heterocycles for drug discovery

Zinc(II) porphyrin–octadeoxythymidine is a highly sensitive and selective fluorescence and absorption sensor for mercury ions in water

A new isomer of a higher fullerene, Cs-C82 (4), captured by chlorination and characterized