Germany's most prestigious research prize awarded
Leibniz Prize 2015
Uranium Recovery from Water
Easy and fast separation and encapsulation of low-level uranium from water
Horst Pracejus Prize 2015
F. Dean Toste, University of California, Berkeley, USA, honored
2015 Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize
Kallol Ray, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany, honored
ADUC Prizes 2014
Tanja Gaich, Viktoria H. Däschlein-Geßner, and Michael Sommer honored
Catalytic C–H Activation of Indoles and Pyrroles
Ru-catalyzed arylation of indoles and pyrroles opens new route to synthetic motif that allows further functionalization
Speed-Dating Rock Samples
A laser ablation resonance ionization mass spectrometer that is able to date rocks in situ
New Path to Alginate Aerogel
One-pot process uses high-pressure carbon dioxide to produce alginate aerogels
Finding the Achilles Heel of Cancer Cells
Large-scale systematic analysis of potential anti-cancer drug targets may pave the way for a breakthrough in cancer treatment
75th Anniversary: Discovery of Carbon 14
Enabling breakthroughs in biochemistry and archaeology