The Magazine of Chemistry Europe

Emanuel Vogel, emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Germany; passed away last month after a long illness

Feodor Lynen, Noble Prize winner and biochemist from Munich, was born April 6, 1911

Rüdiger Kniep, Zhaomin Hou, Alois Fürstner, and Mike Hannon, are interviewed this month

Katharina Al Shamery, Oldenburg University, Germany, awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for contributions to science and research

Importance of dispersion energy for the thermodynamic stability of molecules

Impressions from the 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition March 27–31, 2011 in Anaheim, California, USA

Removal of strontium from nuclear waste streams by desmid green algae

Professor David Y. Gin, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, USA, passed away last week

Chun-Li Bai was recently appointed president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Efficient light-harvesting metal-free chromophore for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs)