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

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

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

Promising anode material for high-power lithium-ion batteries has lithium-ion diffusivity 400 times faster than in Si

Hans-Joachim Freund, director of the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany, will be awarded the Karl Ziegler Prize

Discovery of a new binary system that includes a planet made of diamond

Timothy Long, VirginiaTech, USA, talks about new charged polymers for biomedical applications

Peter Atkins discusses the future of chemical education and the role of the multimedia electronic textbook

Laurence A. Nafie, Syracuse University, USA, talks about his book "Vibrational Optical Activity: Principles and Applications"

Pumpkin-shaped molecular container displays high affinity and selectivity for small hydrocarbons with applications in gas separation