Manfred Eigen, pioneer of study of exceptionally fast chemical reactions, dies aged 91
Eigen was instrumental in the development of a method to probe reactions using pulses of energy
Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
Venki Ramakrishnan tells the story of his journey from physics student to chemistry Nobel laureate
Perovskites beyond solar cells
Can we live forever?
What is an element?
A taste of wine chemistry
The marvellous Maillard reaction
How chemical evolution took the 2018 chemistry Nobel prize
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Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything
A whistle-stop tour of the periodic table
Year-long celebration of the periodic table launched by Unesco
Hundreds gather in Paris to commemorate 150 years of Dmitri Mendeleev’s most enduring work
Smoothing out the lumps
Conflicting views of chemistry have been published in the press
What is an element?
Our understanding of what an element is has evolved over the years, but it’s still a tricky concept to nail down. Philip Ball investigates
Masses of superheavy elements nihonium and moscovium measured
First direct measurement made by US team
Rules for element discovery get superheavy revamp
Chemistry and physics federations also define what counts as a ‘beyond superheavy element’
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