A novel type of hydrogen bond, with implications for platinum-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation, has been spectroscopically identified

An Even-Handed Approach to Odd Hydrogen Bonds

Healing Bullets Fly Through Tissue
Ultrasound vaporization of microdroplets as propulsion for therapeutic micromachines

ACHEMA 2012 Overview
Overview of some of the major events at the world’s flagship event in Frankfurt, Germany

Chemosensors
Book on chemical sensors and their roles in environmental monitoring, process control, and health-care is reviewed by F. Dickert, Austria

Rapid Test Uses Origami Technology
Paper biosensor uses the principles of origami to make simple, cheap, and power-free detector for electrochemical detection of adenosine

German Chemistry Success
Success secrets of the continually good position of German chemistry in international competition

Young Chemists Meet
Spring symposium of the GDCh's Young Chemists Forum celebrated with top-notch speakers and little-known facts about eggs

Interview with Dr. Nonninger on New German Nanotechnology Association
R. Nonninger, President German Association of Nanotechnology, talks about why nanotechnology is essential for our future

William Knowles (1917 – 2012)
William Knowles, winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on asymmetric hydrogenation reactions, dies aged 95

Outlook for Chemical Industry
Prof. Dr. R. Diercks, member of the Board DECHEMA e.V., gives a positive outlook for the chemical industry at the ACHEMA