The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 has been awarded jointly to Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012

REACH Registration Statistics
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published statistics on the origin and types of REACH registration dossiers and registered substances

New Kids on the Block: Base-Modified Nucleoside Triphosphates
Modified nucleoside triphosphates suitable for enzymatic amplification techniques, such as PCR, unlike phosphoramidite equivalents

Climate Change Shrinks Fish
Warming and reduced oxygen will reduce body size of marine fish

Anisotropy in Electronic Displays
A combined NMR and DFT approach helps understanding the behavior of liquid crystals

University World Ranking 2012 by TimesHE
The Times Higher Education University Ranking places Caltech in the top spot with the Univeristy of Oxford and Stanford joint second

Superabsorbent Polymer For Oil Spill Treatment
A new cross-linked terpolymer with great oil absorbing capacity possesses applications in oil spill prevention

Korean Polymer Society Young Scientist Awards
The Korean Polymer Society and Wiley have presented two awards to up-and-coming young scientists in the field of polymer science

Angewandte Author Profiles September 2012
Mathias Christmann, Shu-Hong Yu, Masahiro Miura, and Chao-Jun Li were interviewed

Kley New VCI President
Dr. Karl-Ludwig Kley, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, elected President of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)