Stuart Parkin has been awarded for innovations that have led to a dramatic increase in the storage capacity of magnetic disk drives

Millenium Technology Prize 2014

Towards the Sensing of Biomolecules: Fluorographites
Fluorinated graphites show excellent electrochemical properties relative to graphite and should find potential applications in sensing

The Biochemistry of Peppers
How is it that only plants from the genus Capsicum are able to synthesize compounds that sting one’s tongue so intensely?

Make Chemistry More Attractive
Dr. Thomas Geelhaar, the new President of the GDCh, will focus on working towards better acceptance of chemistry in society

First Solid-State Study of a Functionalized Fullerene Radical Anion Salt
A radical anion of a highly functionalized fullerene derivative with twelve bulky addends shows promising magnetic properties

Guess the Chemist (29)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

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

Flexible Electrodes Turn on the Light
Synthesis and characterization of flexible and strong V2O5 reduced graphene oxide electrodes

Closed Honeycomb Films
An exponential growth strategy yields micrometer-thick macroporous films

C. Corminboeuf and J. Waser Awarded
The 2014 Werner Prize is shared between Clémence Corminboeuf and Jérôme Waser