Searching for the holy grails of chemistry | Opinion | Chemistry World

Searching for the holy grails of chemistry | Opinion | Chemistry World

Chasing chemistry’s holy grails From room temperature superconductivity to artificial leaves, Chemistry World explores how far chemistry has come since Accounts of Chemical Research named its “holy grails” of chemistry 25 years ago. The aim was to highlight promising pathways in the field as a challenge to curious minds, writes Chemistry World deputy editor Philip Robinson: “a gauntlet as much as a grail”. Maybe the real grail was the discoveries we made along the way, argues science writer Philip Ball. Chemistry World | Collection of 12 articles