Olah and Prakash, University of Southern California, USA, have won a $1-million prize for their work in the field of alternative fuels

Olah and Prakash Awarded

Are We Refereeing Ourselves to Death? The Peer-Review System at Its Limit
As François Diederich's term of Chairman of the board of Angewandte Chemie comes to an end, he reflects on the peer-review system

Heinrich Wieland Prize 2014
The Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation invites nominations for the Heinrich Wieland Prize (News by Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation)

Anion Sensing by Surface-Assembled Rotaxanes
Rotaxanes incorporating an electrochemically and optically active reporter group self-assemble into molecular films that sense Cl anions

Breaking Bond
Which do you prefer to break: a C–H bond or a C–N bond?

Nagoya Medals Awarded
Professor Ben Feringa and Professor Naoto Chatani have been presented the Nagoya Gold and Silver Medals, respectively

Guess the Chemist (23)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description

Classic Paper but No New Data
Heavily cited and highly useful but didn't report anything new, so how did it become a classic?

Wonderlab Comic – Thin Layer Chromatography
Jo's lessons in analytical techniques continue with a lesson in thin layer chromatography

Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions in Aqueous Media
Development of one of the most reliable C-C bond-forming reactions in organic synthesis is surveyed