The groups of Uwe Meierhenrich and Cornelia Meinert have used multidimensional gas chromatography to detect building blocks of genes in artificial cosmos

Diamino Acids Found in Simulated Interstellar Ices

Periodic Tales
Hugh Aldersey-Williams' book, Periodic Tales – A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc, is reviewed by Matthias Driess

A New "Silver Age" for Chemistry in Spain?
Nazario Martín, President of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ), discusses how to make Spanish science internationally competitive

Synthesis of Boronate Ionic Liquids
Straightforward access to hydridoborate-based ionic liquids (BILs) provided

Ending Energy Poverty: Chemistry's Contribution
Providing sustainable energy to world's the seven billion inhabitants is not a small task, but chemistry has a lot to offer says Javier Garcia Martinez

Black Arsenic: Fact or Fiction?
Synthesis and identification of phases of solid solutions of arsenic and phosphorus demonstrate that black arsenic is metastable

Tiny Silver Particles Trap Mercury
Hyperstoichiometric reaction between mercury ions and silver nanoparticles depends on the size of the nanoparticles

Alfred Oberholz (1952 – 2012)
Alfred Oberholz, former Chairman of DECHEMA and Member of the Board of Evonik AG, has passed away

150th Birthday of Agnes Pockels
Agnes Pockels was a pioneer in the field of surface tension and the measurement of surface films

Foam Polymerization
Synthesis of macroporous polystyrene through polymerization of foamed emulsions