Professor Katja Becker, Justus Liebig University Gießen, elected President of the German Research Foundation (DFG)

First Female DFG President

New SCI President
The new President of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI) is Professor Gaetano Guerra, University of Salerno

New GDCh President
Professor Peter Schreiner, University of Gießen, has been elected President of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)

New President of the Slovak Chemical Society
Dr. Monika Jerigova, Bratislava, has been elected President of the Slovak Chemical Society (SCHS, Slovenská chemická spoločnosť)

New President of the Belgian-Walloon Royal Society of Chemistry
Laurent Provins, UCB Pharma, Belgium, will be President of the Société Royale de Chimie (SRC)

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Liquid Marble-Shaped Photosensor
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New Use for LEGO®
A LEGO® block has been cooled to the lowest temperature possible

Burning Time of a Candle
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