The photocatalytic activity of titania moves from UV to visible light if trapped within carbon nanotubes, opening up new applications

Trapped Titania Lights Up Reactions

New Dienes for Diels—Alder
Asymmetric aminocatalysis opens the Diels—Alder reaction to a new class of dienes

Peter Bruce Wins Arfvedson Schlenk Prize
Peter Bruce, University of St Andrews, Scotland, has received the Arfvedson Schlenk Prize for his work on lithium chemistry

Top Universities in the World
Cambridge University, UK, has topped a league table of the world's best universities, with Harvard and MIT, USA, ranked second and third

Goldilocks and the Three Water-Splitting Complexes
Making complexes that absorb light and split water can be as difficult as making porridge for Goldilocks as steric and electronic factors clash

Bond Activation by Apparently Benign Molecule
Simple and apparently benign molecule cleaves strong bonds and opens the way for organocatalytic substrate activation

Under-Reported Emissions link to EU Chemical Industry
Evidence for under-reported western European emissions of the potent greenhouse gas HFC-23 link to EU chemical industry

Panda Poop for Biofuel Production
Panda poop contains bacteria that could help produce cheaper, more abundant biofuels

Andreas Pfaltz Gives Heilbronner Hückel Lecture
Andreas Pfaltz, University of Basel, Switzerland, is the first Swiss scientist to give the Heilbronner Hückel Lecture

Ferdi Schüth Receives the Wöhler Prize
Ferdi Schüth, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany, receives GDCh prize for processes that conserve resources