Thesis in 2012

Bruce Gibb discusses how and why chemists name reactions and molecules — and what makes such monikers stick.

Michelle Francl suggests that chemists should keep on name-dropping.

Dennis P. Curran invites everyone to join the dawning new era of organic synthesis.

For Patrick Goymer, the story behind the scientists who first described the phenomenon known as hydrogen bonding is a familiar one.

Bringing knowledge management to bear on the process of scientific research may have benefits for everyone, explains Bruce Gibb.

Michelle Francl wonders if home labs make (better) chemists.

Jean-François Lutz wonders whether chemists should slow down.

Sometimes the numbers just don't add up — and Bruce Gibb explains why.

Michelle Francl wonders what abstract objects might be lurking in our beakers.

The e.e.s have had it, argues Bruce Gibb, and it's time to err on the side of e.r.

Michelle Francl wonders what it is that makes a molecule elegant.