Richard Zare, Stanford University, USA, discusses his editorial on why the West should help China develop its science

ACS Meeting Denver: R. Zare on China

New Practical Hydrogen Storage Material
Iron veins running through grains of magnesium allow fast and reversible uptake of enough H2 to power a car

Converting CO2 to Methyl Acrylate
Nickel catalyst can produce methyl acrylate in up to 56 % yield from carbon dioxide and ethene

Separating O2 from Air with Less Energy
Metal–organic framework that selectively binds oxygen could separate oxygen from air in a less energy-intensive way

Antarctic: First Map on Ice-Flow
A new map of Antarctica illustrates for the first time how ice moves across the continent

Wolfram Koch on the GDCh’s Top Event
Wolfram Koch, Executive Director, GDCh, talks about the up-coming Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011 in Bremen, Germany

Real-Time Monitoring of Biological Aerosols
The work is expected to lead to innovative methods for real-time detection of numerous threats from biological aerosol exposures

German Future Prize Nominees
The nominees for the German Future Prize of the Federal President for Technology and Innovation have been announced

Remarkable Carbon Capture by Borocarbonitrides
The large uptake of both CO2 and CH4 by BC2N betters the performance of graphenes and activated charcoal

Organic Solar Cells with Record Efficiency
Record power conversion efficiency for polymer-based solar cells achieved by the incorporation of vertically oriented nanorods