Gelators based on natural sugar compounds bind oil on water surfaces

Sugar Battles Oil Spills

Matthias Beller Awarded
Matthias Beller will be presented with the first European Sustainable Chemistry Award for his work in the field of homogeneous catalysis

Hans Georg von Schnering (1931 – 2010)
Prof. Dr. Hans Georg von Schnering, former Dean of the Max Planck Institute, passed away last week

What’s Cooking in Chemistry: Gerhard Hilt
Gerhard Hilt talks about what he cooks in the lab and at home, about Noyoris laboratory and very special mushrooms with cannelloni

Chocolate – The Noblest Polymorphism I
Chocolate is a cultural asset of mankind. Klaus Roth proves, once again, only chemistry is able to produce such a celestial pleasure

ChemPubSoc Europe Impact Factors
The results are in – ChemPubSoc Europe's journals all have impact factors to be excited about

Buckyballs Go Extraterrestrial
C60 and C70 have been discovered in space by using the infrared spectrograph on NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

New Code for Researchers
Addressing good practice and bad conduct in science, the new code offers a basis for trust and integrity across national borders

Fighting Fire with Clay
New method of forming plastic nanocomposites proves less toxic and more efficient for use in flame retardants

Isn’t It Iron-ic!
Iron catalysis has allowed the syntheses of himanimide A and B in four and five steps, respectively