Hans-Joachim Freund, director of the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany, will be awarded the Karl Ziegler Prize

Discovery of a new binary system that includes a planet made of diamond

Peter Atkins discusses the future of chemical education and the role of the multimedia electronic textbook

Pumpkin-shaped molecular container displays high affinity and selectivity for small hydrocarbons with applications in gas separation

Positively charged nanoparticles generated for the first time by versatile and general method that wraps them in amphiphilic polymers

A new map of Antarctica illustrates for the first time how ice moves across the continent

Critical cellular protein that the Ebola virus needs to cause infection and disease identified; it is a promising antiviral target

The work is expected to lead to innovative methods for real-time detection of numerous threats from biological aerosol exposures

The nominees for the German Future Prize of the Federal President for Technology and Innovation have been announced

Individual cells shown to deviate from 37 °C with areas of high and low temperature which may give clues to their mechanistic roles