D. Milstein, Israel, and N. Martin, Spain, have been chosen as the 2012 EuCheMS Lecturers by the EuCheMS Executive Board

Book on how to write chemistry patents is reviewed by S. Manyem and C. Goddard, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, USA

A novel hydrazine sensor consisting of functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes and gold nanoparticles is reported

Influence of the widespread glacial melting and rapid rise in freshwater inflow on marine algae along the west coast of Greenland

First report of the synthesis of polymer-supported and large-scale free-standing metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes

Gold mesoflowers, flower-shaped gold particles, allow the selective optical TNT detection down to the sub-zeptomole level

Lubrication oil emission can be a significant component of organic particulate matter (PM) in aircraft engine exhaust

Unique composition and architecture of cystoliths, mineralized objects found in the leaves of several plants, discovered

Sason Shaik, Israel, and Martin Quack, Switzerland, are awarded the August Wilhelm von Hofmann Gold Medal of the GDCh

Exponentially growing availability of open data and its exploitation in drug discovery and development significantly impacts pharmaceutical sciences