Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, voted 2011 ACS President

Frantisek Svec talks about plastics, separtaion sciences, the latest CET topical issue, the Molecular Foundry, societies and the web

Chemicals hidden in clothes detected with near-IR spectroscopy by British chemists; might improve security screening

An overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition

What is a Post-Doc in Paris like? Tibiriçá Gonçalves Vasconcelos takes a look at funding opportunities in his Blog. Part 3

Effect of amphetamines on the analysis of bloodstains: implications for crime scene investigations and legal proceedings

Chemistry – An Asian Journal/Chemistry – A European Journal/ChemCatChem/ChemSusChem offer Assistant Editor positions (f/m)

Paul Barbara, University of Texas, and Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of ChemPhysChem, passed away on October 31

Milko E. van der Boom, Bernhard Kräutler, Neil Branda, and Thomas M. Klapötke, are interviewed this month

Hanus and Sedmera Prize awarded to Marek Šebela and co-workers, Palacky University, Czech Republic