Wolfram Koch, Executive Director, GDCh, talks about the up-coming Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011 in Bremen, Germany
![Wolfram Koch on the GDCh’s Top Event](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/13214ff3ebc.jpg)
Wolfram Koch on the GDCh’s Top Event
![Interview with Weifeng Ding](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/1308d8a5faf.jpg)
Interview with Weifeng Ding
Weifeng Ding, Scientific Editor Chinese Journal of Chemistry, discusses the differences between the Shanghai and Weinheim editorial offices
![New IChemE President — Interview with Sir William Wakeham](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/131959ea758.jpg)
New IChemE President — Interview with Sir William Wakeham
Sir William talks about his new position, IChemE, and the very flexible field of chemical engineering
![New Type of Rechargeable Battery](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/131f1820d31.jpg)
New Type of Rechargeable Battery
Rechargeable batteries in cars could give way to microporous polymer that is an unusually powerful supercapacitor
![Pietro Biginelli: The Man Behind the Reaction](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/131d704b7ad.jpg)
Pietro Biginelli: The Man Behind the Reaction
The Biginelli dihydropyrimidine synthesis is a very important and old multicomponent reaction—so why has its creator been forgotten?
![Building Desalination Plants with DeSal Organizer A. Kroiß](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/1318f88d1fc.jpg)
Building Desalination Plants with DeSal Organizer A. Kroiß
Alex Kroiß, organizer of the DeSal Challenge, Munich, Germany, discusses the event and what inspired him to get involved
![Desalination in the Rain: The 2011 TUM DeSal Challenge](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/1318ee4692e.jpg)
Desalination in the Rain: The 2011 TUM DeSal Challenge
The DeSal Challenge at the Technical University Munich provided new ideas for desalination and much fresh water despite the rain
![Interview with Editors of ChemistryOpen](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/131758ded1f.jpg)
Interview with Editors of ChemistryOpen
Interview with the editors of the new ChemPubSoc Europe journal ChemistryOpen – youngest member, but a first in many aspects
![First Tricolor Liquid Crystals](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/1318f26fa8b.jpg)
First Tricolor Liquid Crystals
Thermal and mechanical stimuli switch the luminescence of a liquid-crystal mixture between three different colors
![OMCOS 16 Conference: Chemistry with a Song](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/1318a6a9665.jpg)
OMCOS 16 Conference: Chemistry with a Song
Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis Symposium provided some interesting chemistry and entertainment