Scientific performance of over 1100 universities assessed based on bibliometric indicators

CWTS Leiden University Ranking 2020

65th Birthday: Thomas A. Vilgis
German soft matter physicist with an interest in food science and molecular gastronomy

Regulation Drives Replacement of Harmful Chemicals
Reports look at how EU's REACH regulation drives substitution

On-Surface Synthesis of Coronoids
Large, donut-shaped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons synthesized and characterized

60th Birthday: Ferdi Schüth
Catalysis researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

1000xChemistry
2nd Italian Chemical Society’s literary contest gives voice to the young generation during COVID-19

Building Doped Porous Graphene Nanoribbons
Bottom-up synthesis using a silver-assisted Ullmann polymerization

First COVID-19 Treatment Authorized for the EU
European Commission Grants Gilead Conditional Marketing Authorization for Veklury® (remdesivir) for the Treatment of COVID-19

Catch-and-Release Plan for MRI Contrast Agents
β-Glucan particles as MRI contrast agent carriers

Total Synthesis of Crotophorbolone
Convergent, eighteen-step synthesis of challenging diterpenoid framework