Aromatic planar boron rings with metal centers display unusual bonding and aromaticity

Unusual Aromaticity in Boron Wheels

Converting CO2 to Methyl Acrylate
Nickel catalyst can produce methyl acrylate in up to 56 % yield from carbon dioxide and ethene

High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries
Promising anode material for high-power lithium-ion batteries has lithium-ion diffusivity 400 times faster than in Si

Rare Earth Supply Agreement
BASF and Lynas Corporation establish long-term rare earth supply agreement

Separating O2 from Air with Less Energy
Metal–organic framework that selectively binds oxygen could separate oxygen from air in a less energy-intensive way

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

A Planet Made of Diamond
Discovery of a new binary system that includes a planet made of diamond

The Future of Chemical Education
Peter Atkins discusses the future of chemical education and the role of the multimedia electronic textbook

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

Antarctic: First Map on Ice-Flow
A new map of Antarctica illustrates for the first time how ice moves across the continent