Helmut Schwarz, Technical University of Berlin, presented with the highest tribute the Federal Republic of Germany can pay to an individual

H. Schwarz Awarded Order of Merit

Endocrine Active Substances
Current state of scientific knowledge on endocrine active substances presented in VCI overview

Under Lock and Key
A simple molecular lock with complementary groups for selective binding of phosphate key designed

Solar Cooling Technologies
Overview on development and progress in solar cooling technologies with sorption systems

AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Awards 2011
AstraZeneca presents the 2011 award winners (News by AstraZeneca)

First BASF Sodium Methylate Plant in South America
BASF inaugurates its first sodium methylate plant in South America

New Synthetic Strategy for Layered Materials
New method for making nanosheets for next-generation Li-ion batteries could be extended to other layered materials

Novel Cell Designs for More Efficient Solar Cells
High performance solar cell with an efficiency beyond 20 % – significant increase relative to conventional solar cell technologies

Chemical Compounds for Energy Storage
Ferdi Schüth discusses different storage compounds and their advantages and compares drawbacks

A. Brik: Outstanding Young Chemist
Ashraf Brik, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, receives the Outstanding Young Chemist Prize of the Israel Chemical Society