The Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics has been awarded to Wolfgang Helfrich and Carlos Bustamante

Proteins have existed for billions of years, yet their photolytically weak sulfide bridges can be cleaved by light, so how do they persist?

What are the basic principles and rules of academic research?

Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

New insights into the behavior of magnesium amorphous calcium carbonate could explain natural mineralization

J. Nørskov and T. Bligaard look at what makes a good catalyst and how to map the catalyst genome to speed catalyst discovery

A temperature-dependent color change in a macrocyclic cyclotetraazocarbazole has led to the development of a new logical molecule

The right choice of the basis set in quantum chemical calculations has a huge impact on the quality of the results 

A. Fuchs, President and CEO of the CNRS, the largest fundamental research organization in Europe, looks on successfull research traditions

With stiff competition for Ph.D. positions, mediocre student Jin-Jo is advised by his Wonderlab colleagues to get his application in early