Adding water to a silicon-air battery has a massive impact on its discharge performance

Improved Silicon-Air Battery

Angewandte Chemie 30/2011: Noble Chemistry
Overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie

History of the Laser – A Major Element of Our World
The long journey to the laser and its rapid development after 1960

Detection of Interstellar H2O2
First reported detection of hydrogen peroxide in the interstellar medium

Chemistry Students & Graduates 2011 — Latest Trends From Germany
The GDCh published the 2010 statistics on chemistry students and graduates at Universities and Fachhochschulen in Germany

2010 ISI Journal Impact Factors
Excellent results for Wiley's and Wiley-VCH's 2010 ISI Impact Factors, e.g. new record IF for Angewandte Chemie

ChemPhysChem Has A New Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Greta Heydenrych named as Editor-in-Chief of ChemPhysChem

150 Years Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo
For 150 years the Department has been maintaining its tradition as one of Japan's leading research institutes in the field of chemistry

Women in Chemistry — Interview with Vivian Yam
Vivian Yam, University of Hong Kong, was the youngest member to join the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chemistry of a Hangover — Alcohol and its Consequences Part 3
How can a tiny molecule like ethanol be at the root of so much human misery?