What is the reason for the scarcity of top-flight women chemists in academia?

New catalytic approach to activating hydrocarbons that works at low temperatures developed by researchers in the UK and US

HIV-1 integrase (IN) is an essential enzyme for HIV-1 replication: New routes to IN inhibition could overcome drug resistance

EuCheMS invites candidates for the position of General Secretary in its Brussels office. Closing date 6 February

The Wiley-CST Award for Outstanding Publication was awarded to P. Rashatasakhon and T. Buajarern at PACCON 2011

Anion binding constants of a series of diamine-functionalized organocatalysts provides useful tool to probe catalytic activity

New method allows tracking of fluoride in teeth or osteoporosis drugs in bones at previously inaccessible length scales

Carbon dioxide enables crystals to change shape into pharmaceutically interesting form under mild conditions

The importance of an often overlooked source of chirality, atropisomerism, depends upon the barriers to rotation

Novel cyclooxygenase-1 inhibitors show promise as analgesics, with none of the previous side effects