Alex Kroiß, organizer of the DeSal Challenge, Munich, Germany, discusses the event and what inspired him to get involved

August issue of the Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology focuses on the latest developments in photocatalysis

Method to neutralize power plants’ greenhouse gas emissions has been patented

Hydrogen-powered symbiotic bacteria in deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussels discovered

Cash register receipts that people place near paper money has led to a worldwide contamination of paper money with bisphenol A

Increased nitrous oxide emissions from fertilised soils offset climatic benefits from carbon sequestration through fertilised plants

Storing power is complicated and expensive; smart energy management system makes it possible to use electricity when generated

Interview with the editors of the new ChemPubSoc Europe journal ChemistryOpen – youngest member, but a first in many aspects

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Stefan Bräse, Younan Xia, Sjoerd Harder, and Stefan Hecht, are interviewed this month