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Organometallic Fuel Cell
New kind of fuel cell delivers energy and fine chemicals with no waste from renewable raw materials

Literary Prize: D. Fischer-Henningsen
The 2010 literary prize is awarded to Doris Fischer-Henningsen, Editor-in-Chief of Chemie in Unserer Zeit

Model Nickel Complex
Nickel coordinated to methyl coenzyme M provides a model for the active site of methyl coenzyme M reductase

Cracking Open Oysters
The chemical glue that allows oysters to stick to rocks has been identified; it could be used in boating and medicine

Pallada-Bacteria
Biosorption of palladium from water turns industrial waste directly into C–C bond forming catalysts

Awarded: R. Schlögl and J. Lehmann
DECHEMA Plaque awarded to Robert Schlögl, Fritz-Haber-Institut, Berlin, and Jürgen Lehmann, University of Bielefeld

Intellectual Drought
Exposure to manganese at levels common in groundwater associated with intellectual impairment in children

Bursting Cancer’s Bubble
Silica balls could help locate breast cancers, reduce the need for second surgeries and minimize pre-surgical discomfort

Infinite Conducting Molecular Wires
First polymeric tetracarboxylato Rh derivatives presented are suitable as molecular wires