Rudolf Mössbauer, Nobel Prize winner best known for the effect that is the basis for Mössbauer spectroscopy, has passed away

M. Wyatt, National Mass Spectrometry Service Centre, UK, looks at why MALDI-TOFMS analysis of organometallic complexes is so uncommon

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for August 2011

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Ralph Weissleder, Paul Floreancig, Jürgen O. Metzger, and Masayuki Inoue, are interviewed this month

Topical cluster of articles in Electroanalysis demonstrates the range, quality, and state of research in South Korea

Highly porous magnetic microspheres mop up toxic metals for rapid detection of contaminated drinking water

Michael Dröscher, GDCh President, introduces the theme of the Wissenschaftsforum and the GDCh study “Perspectives in Chemistry”

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

A free-to-attend webinar presents analytical solutions for carbohydrate and lipid analyses in complex biomass mixtures