The IYL 2015 highlights the continuing importance of light in science and our daily lives

International Year of Light (IYL 2015)

How to Best Serve Champagne
Find out how to pour champagne to make it taste even better

Discovering Better MOFs for Methane Storage
Computational methodology for finding efficient and easily synthesized MOFs for gas storage

60th Anniversary: William M. Burton's Death
William M. Burton developed the first commercially successful cracking process for crude oil

Most Accessed Articles: November 2014
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals for November 2014

Amine Sponges for Carbon Capture
Amines bound covalently on silica sponges for high efficiency carbon trapping

Preparation of Potential Platform Molecule
Scalable, selective and high-yielding synthesis of 5-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)furan-2(5H)-one (H2MF)

Discoloration of the Taj Mahal Due to Air Pollution
Relative amounts of light absorbing particles deposited to surfaces used to estimate surface color changes

Ubiquitary Plastic Pollution
More plastic particles than thought spread throughout the world’s oceans easier than thought

Clean Fuels Project
Saudi Aramco and ExxonMobil joint venture Clean Fuels Project reduces sulfur levels in gasoline and diesel