Researchers have retracted their 1999 claim that they had created the heaviest member of the periodic table so far, element 118. (p. 68)

Researchers have found a type of carbon-carbon bond that's twice as long as the longest naturally occurring bond linking two carbon atoms. (p. 79)

Researchers have made individual superconductive carbon nanotubes that are just 0.4 nanometer wide. (p. 79)

Chemists report a scheme for creating a versatile color-based tagging system out of tiny atomic clusters, called quantum dots, that may enable scientists to track biomolecules with more finesse than ever. (p. 7)

Researchers have developed a new technique for attaching groups of atoms to the sides of carbon nanotubes, creating compounds with extraordinary strength and conductivity. (p. 390)

Chemists have devised a new way to stabilize highly reactive molecules called carbenes. (p. 392)

New calculations show that a basic tenet of chemistry is wrong: Ethane forms its most stable structure not due to so-called steric effects, but because of a quantum mechanical influence. (p. 340)

Researchers have made a surface coating that kills bacteria on contact in a novel way. (p. 325)

In a new twist to the puzzle of how life developed from only left-handed amino acids, researchers have found that the common mineral calcite can segregate the molecules into their left-handed and right-handed varieties. (p. 276)

Researchers have coaxed finicky liver cells to grow on porous silicon chips, a feat that could lead to new medical treatments. (p. 230)

Researchers have used wheat to make a biodegradable hamburger carton. (p. 237)

Researchers have stumbled upon the first all-metal, aromatic molecules. (p. 111)