Batteries could get a boost from discovery that increases power and energy density while dramatically reducing charge time

The first report of a CO2-in-ionic liquid microemulsion is easily tunable and has many potential applications

Cheap and simple iron catalyst activates aryl C–H bonds and gives rapid formation of new aryl–aryl bonds

Barbara Albert, Techincal University Darmstadt, Germany, takes over the presidency of the GDCh from January 2012

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

First facile and efficient one pot catalytic process of converting glycerol to value added products with a robust CoAl alloy

Ferdi Schüth, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany, talks about his work on catalysts for alternative fuels

Peter Atkins, author of many chemistry textbooks, talks about the importance of illustrations in chemistry

The photocatalytic activity of titania moves from UV to visible light if trapped within carbon nanotubes, opening up new applications

Peter Bruce, University of St Andrews, Scotland, has received the Arfvedson Schlenk Prize for his work on lithium chemistry