Henning Hopf, Germany, reviews the book "The Last Alchemist in Paris & Other Curious Tales from Chemistry" by Lars Öhrström

The Last Alchemist in Paris

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Angewandte Chemie 14/2014: Can You Do Without?
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

247th ACS Meeting
Impressions of the 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Dallas

Understanding Noble Metal Catalysis
Thin gold-silver alloy films were used to shed light on the mechanisms of oxidation catalyzed by nanoporous gold

Illuminating Alumina
Experimental evidence for the characterization of OH groups on the surface of partially dehydroxylated γ-alumina, an important catalyst

EROS Best Reagent Award 2014
Corey R. J. Stephenson, USA, has been honored for his research into ruthenium(II) tris(2,2′-bipyridine-κN1, κN1′)-, (OC-6-11)-

2013 Trends in Chemistry
An overview of the latest trend reports published annually in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, the GDCh magazine

Talented Young Scientists Awarded
J. Streuff, R. Marschall, S. Seiffert, talented young scientists who are carrying out their habilitation, recognized

GDCh Prize for Authors and Journalists
Dr. Michael Gross, Oxford, UK, has been awarded by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh; German Chemical Society)