In a nanohoop molecule, macrocyclic ring strain slows rotation of aryl units, leading to interconverting atropisomers

Ring Strain Restrains

Hitting Malaria Where It Hurts
Miniaturized high-throughput screening assays could help identify a prophylactic strategy against liver-stage malaria

Wonderlab Comic — I Major in Chemistry
Have you ever found yourself in one of these familiar situations when you tell people you are a chemist?

Ketones Get Heavy
A way to replace the carbon atom in the ketonic C=O unit with the heavier element, germanium, found

Guess the Chemist (4)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

The Crisis of the Chemist — Chemists and Their Handicaps
Interview with Erwin Reicher, first ever Professor of Applied Popularity Research, University of Kleinzack, on how to make chemistry popular

Boron Brings More Boom
Boron nanoparticles dispersed in hypergolic ionic liquids improve ignition properties without compromising safety

Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact
Making drugs in vivo is still science fiction, but the pre-cursor imaging tools are becoming science fact according to researcher at the at the 243rd ACS National Meeting

Brain Saver
A derivative of the hormone progesterone could be used in emergencies or on the battlefield to treat brain injury

Organic Chemistry in Asia – Interview with K. Maruoka
Keiji Maruoka, Kyoto University, talks about his research, global co-operation in science, and the new Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry