Simple and apparently benign molecule cleaves strong bonds and opens the way for organocatalytic substrate activation

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

Danielle Ballivet-Tkatchenko, University of Bourgogne, France, is a leading researcher in the field of CO2 conversion and utilization

Study of the structure–activity relationship of steroid sulfatase inhibitors explains why Irosustat is the best in its class

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

Andreas Pfaltz, University of Basel, Switzerland, is the first Swiss scientist to give the Heilbronner Hückel Lecture

Nickel catalyst can produce methyl acrylate in up to 56 % yield from carbon dioxide and ethene

The Adolf von Baeyer Medal of the GDCh is awarded to François Diederich, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

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