Chemistry

• Atmospheric science: Climate's smoky spectre - Premium content

  With their focus on greenhouse gases, atmospheric scientists have largely overlooked lowly soot particles. But black carbon is now a hot topic among researchers and politicians. Jeff Tollefson investigates.

  1 July 2009

• New protein structures replace the old - Premium content

  Dutch software to weed out errors in Protein Data Bank.

  24 June 2009

• IN BRIEF: Chemistry publisher in move from print journals - Premium content

  24 June 2009

• Elusive forms of water found? - Premium content

  Two long sought-after phases of ultra-cold water may have been trapped between crystals of ice.

  23 June 2009

• Beijing's clean air claims questioned - Premium content

  Environment ministry now plans to monitor ozone and small particles.

  17 June 2009

• IN BRIEF: US revives FutureGen 'clean' coal plant - Premium content

  17 June 2009

• Chemistry publisher moving towards online-only journals - Premium content

  American Chemical Society puts squeeze on print editions.

  17 June 2009

• Tantalizing clues to the chemical origins of life - Premium content

  A synthetic molecule can reshuffle itself to match a DNA template.

  12 June 2009

• Quantum dots go large - Premium content

  A small industry could be on the verge of a boom, reports Katharine Sanderson.

  10 June 2009

• Geomicrobiology: Low life - Premium content

  The boundaries of biology reach farther below Earth's surface than scientists had thought possible. Amanda Leigh Mascarelli delves into how microbes survive deep underground.

  10 June 2009