Green chemistry ‘upcycling’ trick is solvent-free, one-step and converts plastic bags into highly valuable carbon nanotubes and carbon spheres

Upcycling of Plastic Bags – ChemistryViews.org IYC Video Competition

Chemistry, Science, and Our Sustainable Future
Yuan Lee and Andrew Yang, Taiwan, outline a path to putting humanity on sustainable footing in their Angewandte Chemie Editorial

Who's Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Voting Results Friday 23 September
Results for Friday 23 September of predictions for the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Who's Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Make your predictions for the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry here

Inexhaustible Supply of H2
Combining reverse-electrodialysis and exoelectrogenic bacteria could provide inexhaustible H2 source while cleaning wastewater

Energy Production and Storage
Book looking at inorganic chemistry strategies for a warming world by R. H. Crabtree, is reviewed by Sebastiano Campagna

How to Best Deliver the Benefits of Chemistry — Interview with H. Peng
Huisheng Peng, Fudan University, China, talks about his research, how to best deliver the benefits of chemistry to the public and much more

Most Accessed Articles: August 2011
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for August 2011

Biodiesel Production in Argentina
Evonik builds new catalyst plant for biodiesel production in Argentina

Detoxifying Biofuel Side Products
Producing ethanol from barley could also generate animal feed if the toxins can be removed