Dr. Karl-Ludwig Kley, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, elected President of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)

Kley New VCI President

Who's Next? 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Voting Results Friday 5 October
Latest results for the predictions for the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Tuberculosis: The Sputum gets Fluorescent
Novel cephalosporin-based fluorescent probes allow a rapid, specific and sensitive detection of tubercle bacilli

Methyl Ricinoleate as Platform Chemical
Methyl ricinoleate can be used as a platform chemical for the synthesis of a variety of functional compounds of interest

Microbial Alchemy Artwork
Bacterium’s ability to withstand large amounts of toxicity is key to creating 24-karat gold and used in artwork

Boron Atoms Communicating Via π-Systems
Oligoboroles linked with phenylene spacers possess interesting electronic properties

Water and Its Sustainable Management in Latin America
Six Latin-American partners in an international project discuss what is going on in Latin America in terms of sustainable water management

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Promising CH4 Storage Materials
Newly developed nanoporous carbon monoliths have superior advantages over traditional activated-carbon powder

Substitute Natural Gas (SNG) Plant in Mongolia
New SNG plant to start-up and produce gas in Keshiketeng County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China