Ruthenium pincer complex without oxidizable ligands enables C-H/O-H bond cleavage with water and alcohol

Phosphine-Free Ruthenium Complex for Water Splitting

First Carbon Capture Coal Plant
The world’s first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) process on a coal-fired power plant officially opened in Canada

Buchwald Receives 2014 Linus Pauling Medal
Stephen L. Buchwald, USA, is awarded for his outstanding contributions to chemistry meriting national and international recognition

A Blood Test for Depression?
US scientists developed a blood test to provide an accurate diagnosis of depression in adults

Sustainable Succinic Acid Licensed
Reverdia adds licensing to Biosuccinium™ portfolio

Excited-State Dynamics of Natural DNA
Natural double-stranded DNA undergoes a proton-transfer-mediated decay upon photoexcitation

Angewandte Chemie 42/2014: Highly Selective
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Safe and Reliable Energy Supplies in Porvoo
Borealis, Neste Oil, and Veolia partner to modernize and operate a power plant in Porvoo, Finland

Maximizing Anisotropy in Single-Molecule Magnets
Replacement of diamagnetic Zn with paramagnetic Fe leads to a record anisotropy for single-molecule magnets

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014
Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell, and William E. Moerner have been awarded for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy