New method for trifluoromethylation of aryl chlorides under mild conditions by using a palladium-based catalyst.

"Gone is gone. There are no alternatives." - Interview with Koop Lammertsma, VU University, the Netherlands.

A porous solid that not only stores hydrogen gas but can soak up carbon dioxide; a potentially green material on two fronts.

Leading environmental and health campaign groups fear that MEPs may lack courage to ban all highly hazardous products.

Prototype combines solar power and CO₂ adsorption to remove CO₂ from air and convert it to syngas.

Quantum dots employed to increase solar cell efficiency from the current limit of 30 % to more than 60 %.

Hydrothermolysis of ammonia borane could lead to improved hydrogen storage system for car fuel cells.

Professor Michael Grätzel was awarded the world’s largest technology prize for cheap solar cells.

A report was released how well the wastewater systems of the country are functioning.

An alternative biomass-based route to benzoic acid from the renewable starting materials quinic acid and shikimic acid.