IYC 2011 Balloon Competition is organized by the JungChemikerForum (Young Chemists Forum; JCF) of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker

Polymerization reaction drives micromotor that weaves a web and can be directed towards specific targets

Wolfram Koch, Executive Director, GDCh, talks about the up-coming Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011 in Bremen, Germany

Weifeng Ding, Scientific Editor Chinese Journal of Chemistry, discusses the differences between the Shanghai and Weinheim editorial offices

Sir William talks about his new position, IChemE, and the very flexible field of chemical engineering

Rechargeable batteries in cars could give way to microporous polymer that is an unusually powerful supercapacitor

The Biginelli dihydropyrimidine synthesis is a very important and old multicomponent reaction—so why has its creator been forgotten?

Alex Kroiß, organizer of the DeSal Challenge, Munich, Germany, discusses the event and what inspired him to get involved

The DeSal Challenge at the Technical University Munich provided new ideas for desalination and much fresh water despite the rain

Interview with the editors of the new ChemPubSoc Europe journal ChemistryOpen – youngest member, but a first in many aspects