The highest honour awarded in German research has been awarded

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize

Interviews with Chemistry Europe Presidents
In this series of interviews, presidents of the national societies of Chemistry Europe talk about their society, personal motivation, and plans for the future

Green & Sustainable Flow Reactors
Flow microreactors may play a major role in the environmentally benign synthesis and production of useful substances

Heme not Required
Ironing out the creases: elucidation of the mechanism of a non-heme iron catalyst is achieved

More Efficient Cancer Treatment
Combining chemo- and photothermal therapy: gold nanoshells combine targeted chemotherapy with NIR-activated heat treatment

Water Purification with Magnetite
Magnetite nanoparticles show promise for the removal of Ni and other metal ions from wastewater

Improved Continuous-Flow Hydroarylation
First simple and efficient continuous-flow hydroarylation of arenes and heteroarenes suitable for various styrenes reported

Green Synthesis Of Nanoparticles
Method for making Au nanoparticles for imaging cancer is environmentally and biologically benign as it uses cinnamon

Selective Route to Trisubstituted Alkenes
Ei-ichi Negishi reports a more stereoselective route to trisubstituted alkenes from propyne

ERC Grant Awarded to M. Eremets
EUR 1.9 million awarded to Mikhail Eremets, Max-Plank Institute for Chemistry, for the study of metallic hydrogen