18th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry (ESOC 2013) sees future trends in close connection to biology, physics, and materials sciences

Organic Chemistry Becomes Multidisciplinary

First Partners of the IChemE Safety Centre
IChemE Safety Centre (ISC) is a subscription based industry-led consortium focussing on recognizing and tackling process safety requirements

New Fraunhofer Center in the USA
Fraunhofer Center for Energy Innovation CEI focusses on energy storage, fuel cells, in-stream hydro, power management and distribution

Porous Organic Polymer Captures CO2
A moisture-stable porous organic polymer containing carboxy and triazole groups reversibly and selectively captures carbon dioxide

Fun with Chemistry: Vote & Submit Chemistry Jokes 2013
Vote how much you like a joke and submit your own; it will be added to the form and the best one will win a prize

One-Pot Approach to α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids
Carboxylation of alkynes with carbon dioxide in a one-pot approach could become a practical route to unsaturated carboxylic acids

Titania: Black is the New White
A mass production technique for reducing brilliant white titanium dioxide to black for applications in solar energy conversion has been devised

Improve REACH Dokumentation
Roadmap to improve the quality of the exposure scenarios included in the REACH chemical safety reports and in the extended safety data sheets

Migration of Nanoparticles from Textiles
More realistic exposure scenario for wearing Ag- and TiO2-engineered nanoparticle-containing textiles

Conveying the Excitement of Chemistry on YouTube
Martyn Poliakoff, UK, and freelance filmmaker Brady Haran discuss how YouTube can be used to inspire the next generation of chemists