The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for May 2014

Carbon dioxide concentration and light intensity influence the potential of microalgae to remove CO2 from the atmosphere

Carbon dioxide hydrogenation catalysts are paving the way to chemical hydrogen storage for fuel cells

The 2014 World Cup football Brazuca has five polyurethane layers which make for its uniqueness

Enantioselective transformation of allyl carbonates into branched allyl carbamates by using amines and recycling CO2 under Ir catalysis

Elastic wire-shaped lithium ion batteries with high electrochemical performance

Fraunhofer and Vaillant, Germany, have developed a simple fuel cell for home use

Bioethanol production from delactosed whey permeate is enhanced by upstream desalination techniques

A chemically modified reduced graphene interlayer improves the capacity stability of lithium-sulfur batteries

Professor Ferdi Schüth, Germany, has been elected at the Annual Meeting of the Max Planck Society