From the very first day, they shouted at me – not for my mistakes, but for theirs. They mocked my inexperience, insulted me ...

On a gold surface painted with tiny geometric patterns of self-assembling alkanethiols, cow cells can adhere and grow into decidedly nonbiological shapes. Credit: Whitesides Group LET ME BEGIN with ...

What is chemistry? I’m sure that every chemist has his or her answer to that question. Mine would be along the following lines: Chemistry is the study of matter and its transformations and the ...