Microwaves can be used to heat food in times that put conventional ovens to shame. But how do they do it?

The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, opened the IYC Ceremony in Germany. Here are the highlights

Improved understanding of conduction in ionic liquids could have important implications for batteries and dye-sensitized solar cells

The magnetic interactions responsible for superconductivity may lie with next-nearest-neighbor rather than in adjacent atoms

Blending the capacitance of seaweed with the conduction of carbon nanotubes gives enhanced performance of supercapacitor electrodes

Many countries and postal authorities will join in the celebrations of IYC by issuing postage stamps related to chemistry

Vincenzo Barone, the new president of the Società Chimica Italiana (SCI), talks about the SCI, IYC 2011, politics, young chemists

Separating spin isomers of water is possible with a magnetic "lens" — Discovery has potential for improving NMR sensitivity

Photocatalytic water splitting system that mimics the two-step process of photosynthesis reported

How chemistry keeps you warm and dry and makes you visible in the dark