Professor Ben Feringa and Professor Naoto Chatani have been presented the Nagoya Gold and Silver Medals, respectively

Nagoya Medals Awarded

Guess the Chemist (23)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description

Wonderlab Comic – Thin Layer Chromatography
Jo's lessons in analytical techniques continue with a lesson in thin layer chromatography

Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions in Aqueous Media
Development of one of the most reliable C-C bond-forming reactions in organic synthesis is surveyed

Molecular Dockers Move Microscopic Cargoes
A cargo transport system that works at the microscopic level and triggered by light has been devised and constructed

Synthetic Rubber
Understanding of the effects of the ancillary ligand and the co-catalyst on isoprene polymerization

Learning a New Language: Moving Countries and Changing Subjects
Wilhelm T. S. Huck discusses what change means for scientists and how his research has evolved to the study of small water droplets

Fine-Tuning Carboborations
Appropriate organometallic reagents are the key to successful nickel-catalyzed carboboration of carbon-carbon triple bonds

Scientists (of the World) Behave!
Katharina Al-Shamery discusses ethics with regards to scientific publishing

New Technique for Analyzing Transition-Metal Catalysts
Finding out which is the carbonyl ligand on your catalyst just got easier thanks to X-ray emission spectroscopy