Aromatic planar boron rings with metal centers display unusual bonding and aromaticity

Promising anode material for high-power lithium-ion batteries has lithium-ion diffusivity 400 times faster than in Si

Hans-Joachim Freund, director of the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany, will be awarded the Karl Ziegler Prize

Polymerization reaction drives micromotor that weaves a web and can be directed towards specific targets

Peter Atkins discusses the future of chemical education and the role of the multimedia electronic textbook

Wolfram Koch, Executive Director, GDCh, talks about the up-coming Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011 in Bremen, Germany

Pumpkin-shaped molecular container displays high affinity and selectivity for small hydrocarbons with applications in gas separation

Richard Zare discusses how helping China develop scientifically can benefit the West

Record power conversion efficiency for polymer-based solar cells achieved by the incorporation of vertically oriented nanorods

Rechargeable batteries in cars could give way to microporous polymer that is an unusually powerful supercapacitor