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Category: Recent Releases

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eTOC Alert ‘Pure and Applied Chemistry’ – January 2022

A new issue of Pure and Applied Chemistry is now available on De Gruyter Online. Please click on the following links to view the articles: Pure and Applied Chemistry Volume...

eTOC Alert ‘Pure and Applied Chemistry’ – December 2021

A new issue of Pure and Applied Chemistry is now available on De Gruyter Online. Please click on the following links to view the articles: Pure and Applied Chemistry Volume...

The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly for 2022

We need more basic sciences to achieve Agenda 2030 and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This is the message sent to the world by the United Nations General Assembly on...

eTOC Alert ‘Pure and Applied Chemistry’ – November 2021

A new issue of Pure and Applied Chemistry is now available on De Gruyter Online. Please click on the following links to view the articles: Pure and Applied Chemistry Volume...

eTOC Alert ‘Pure and Applied Chemistry’ – October 2021

A new issue of Pure and Applied Chemistry is now available on De Gruyter Online. Please click on the following links to view the articles: Pure and Applied Chemistry Volume...

ChemistryViews Interview with Joseph Wang and with Tsuyoshi Minami

Professor Joseph Wang of the University of California San Diego (UCSD), USA, is the first to be awarded the IUPAC Analytical Chemistry Medal—an award that recognizes a significant lifetime contribution...

InChI Outreach

Latest News & Information from the InChI TRUST Issue #1 – November 2021 This is the beginning of our newsletter, called InChI OUTREACH, that we will keep on a regular...

eTOC ‘Chemistry International’ – Oct-Dec 2021

A new issue of Chemistry International is now available. Chemistry International Volume 43, Issue 4, Oct 2021. This issue includes the feature article presenting the IUPAC 2021 Top Ten Emerging...

eTOC Alert ‘Pure and Applied Chemistry’ – September 2021

A new issue of Pure and Applied Chemistry -September 2021- is now available on De Gruyter Online.

Gender Equality in Science

A study reporting on the inclusion and participation of women in more than 120 science organizations that are coordinated at a global level finds that women are still under-represented. It...