Nicolai Cramer, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland, and Daniel Rauh, Technische Universität, Dortmund, Germany, awarded

Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry 2013

What Matters?
Alois Fürstner discusses how public perception of chemistry and lack of financial resources threaten basic research

Long Live Li-Ion Batteries!
Mechanical degradation of Li-ion batteries reduced by using Fe3O4 nanoparticle anodes with a continuous and flexible carbon shell

100th Anniversary: Bergius Process
The Process for the production of liquid hydrocarbons was developed by F. Bergius in 1913; answer to Guess the Chemist (24)

Dark Side of Geothermal Energy Production
Impacts of geothermal energy production on microbial communities

Total Amyris BioSolutions B.V.
Amyris and Total form joint venture for renewable diesel and jet fuel

Love in the Laboratory
Germany's first science soap, which is full of intrigue, romance, and insights into the science scene, can be watched on the internet

German Award for Innovation in Science and Technology
The Deutsche Zukunftspreis (German Future Prize) is awarded for innovative projects that have great economic potential

Luminescent Thin Films with Switchable Transparency
Dense framework europium(II) imidazolate manipulated by laser techniques into thin films with switchable transparency

Chemical Poems: Hydrogen
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table