At the RACI National Congress international scientists discussed new trends and boundaries of the traditional types of chemistry

Chemists Met in Australia

Angewandte Chemie 52/2014: Happy Holidays
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 51/2014: Nobel Week
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Superconductivity Without Cooling
Mechanism revealed why a crystal that is irradiated with infrared laser pulses briefly becomes superconducting at room temperature

Printing with Light on Rewritable Paper
Rewritable paper based on color-switching redox dyes uses light and heat to print and erase, respectively

Repurposing Blu-ray Movie Discs
Blu-ray movie discs can be converted into inexpensive templates for efficient solar cells

Asymmetric Behavior
Silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries show fast de-lithiation but only very slow lithiation at high current densities

Angewandte Chemie 50/2014: Man Cannot Live by Bredt Alone
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Guess the Mineral (5)
Guess the name of a mineral with the help of an image and some tips

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