Nickel catalyst can produce methyl acrylate in up to 56 % yield from carbon dioxide and ethene
Converting CO2 to Methyl Acrylate
New Practical Hydrogen Storage Material
Iron veins running through grains of magnesium allow fast and reversible uptake of enough H2 to power a car
François Diederich Receives Baeyer Medal
The Adolf von Baeyer Medal of the GDCh is awarded to François Diederich, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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