An overview of the latest trend reports published annually in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, the GDCh magazine

2013 Trends in Chemistry

GDCh Prize for Authors and Journalists
Dr. Michael Gross, Oxford, UK, has been awarded by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh; German Chemical Society)

Nanoparticles Separate Oil from Water
A new strategy for anchoring nanoparticles to 3D substrates led to the formation of sponges that separate oil from water

Liliana Mammino: Research and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Professor Liliana Mammino, South Africa, speaks about promoting the development of computational chemistry in Africa

Vitamin C Deficiency – Part 3
Looking at the chemical and physiological properties of vitamin C and at how it intervenes in many biochemical processes

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Chemical Poems: Phosphorus
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

New AAAS President-Elect
Geraldine Richmond starts her term as President-Elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Smartphone Detects Mercury
A smart-phone-based hand-held platform allows the quantification of mercury(II) ions in water samples with ppb level of sensitivity

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