Stefan Berger, University of Leipzig, Germany, author of Classics in Spectroscopy, celebrates his 65th birthday

Cambridge University, UK, has topped a league table of the world's best universities, with Harvard and MIT, USA, ranked second and third

Do all chemists like sushi? Do they have a typical hobby? And if so, what is it? ChemViews finds out ...

Ulrike Flad is the granddaughter of the founder of the Dr. Flad Institute in Stuttgart, Germany, and will take over its management from her father

Richard Zare, Stanford University, USA, discusses his editorial on why the West should help China develop its science

Timothy Long, VirginiaTech, USA, talks about new charged polymers for biomedical applications

Peter Atkins discusses the future of chemical education and the role of the multimedia electronic textbook

Laurence A. Nafie, Syracuse University, USA, talks about his book "Vibrational Optical Activity: Principles and Applications"

Wolfram Koch, Executive Director, GDCh, talks about the up-coming Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011 in Bremen, Germany

The work is expected to lead to innovative methods for real-time detection of numerous threats from biological aerosol exposures