Triboelectric nanogenerator developed to convert all kinds of mechanical energy that is wasted at the moment into electricity

Recharge Your Cell Phone by Walking

Awareness-Rising on Safe Use of Chemicals
ECHA has expanded their web section "Chemicals in our Life" and launched a facebook account to reach the general public

2013 Trends in Chemistry
An overview of the latest trend reports published annually in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, the GDCh magazine

Ranking of EU Renewables Use
Sweden, Latvia, and Finland have highest proportion of their total energy consumption coming from renewable sources in EU

New Technique to Study Biomass Pyrolysis
Spatiotemporally resolved diffuse reflectance in situ spectroscopy (STR-DRiSP) technique was used to determine kinetics of pyrolysis

Talented Young Scientists Awarded
J. Streuff, R. Marschall, S. Seiffert, talented young scientists who are carrying out their habilitation, recognized

GDCh Prize for Authors and Journalists
Dr. Michael Gross, Oxford, UK, has been awarded by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh; German Chemical Society)

Nanoparticles Separate Oil from Water
A new strategy for anchoring nanoparticles to 3D substrates led to the formation of sponges that separate oil from water

New Type of Sodium-Ion Battery
A NASICON-type Na3V2(PO4)3 cathode material is investigated in an aqueous sodium-ion battery

Liliana Mammino: Research and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Professor Liliana Mammino, South Africa, speaks about promoting the development of computational chemistry in Africa