The UK Government has pledged £50 million to set up a national institute for graphene research

UK Invests in Graphene

T. Maschmeyer Receives RACI Award
Thomas Maschmeyer awarded the 2011 Applied Research Medal by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)

L. Oro: EuCheMS Past-President
Luis A. Oro, Past-President of EuCheMS, talks about EuCheMS' role in European science policy, his Presidency and his research

Improve Zeolites for Catalysis
Novel, simple, scalable and inexpensive post-treatment to introduce mesoporosity in a wide variety of zeolites

Angewandte Chemie 5/2012: Lead Structures
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Nothing but Air
Novel cellulose–silica gel composite aerogels could be a starting point for the synthesis of many new porous materials

What Do Solvents Do?
Stereoselectively deuterated group can probe the behavior of solvent molecules during self-assembly processes

Graphitic Carbon Nanocapsules
Simple and high-yielding solid-state pyrolysis route for large-scale preparation of graphitic carbon nanocapsules (GCNs)

120 Years of Top Inorganic Chemistry — Alfred Werner
Alfred Werner's work on the spatial arrangements of atoms in inorganic complexes is celebrated as part of ZAAC's 120th anniversary

Avoid the Fallout
New ligands for nuclear waste treatment selectively extract radiotoxic actinides and lessen the environmental impact of nuclear waste