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

The nominees for the German Future Prize of the Federal President for Technology and Innovation have been announced

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

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

A 20 % improvement in the power conversion of organic solar cells can be achieved by incorporating gold nanoparticles

The discovery of a single, key gene could lead to the streamlined production of cheaper biofuels

Hydrogen-powered symbiotic bacteria in deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussels discovered

Storing power is complicated and expensive; smart energy management system makes it possible to use electricity when generated

Interview with the editors of the new ChemPubSoc Europe journal ChemistryOpen – youngest member, but a first in many aspects