Impress your friends on the New Year's Eve party with these chemistry-based facts

New Year’s Eve Chemistry

Iron-Based Hybrid Electrocatalysts
Hybrid nanoparticles with synergetic effects that enhance the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance

The Science Behind Candles
What you need to know about the flame of a candle

200th Birthday: James Prescott Joule
English physicist made important breakthroughs in thermodynamics—without a university education

Angewandte Chemie 50/2018: Happy Landings
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Problem-Oriented Learning with Activated Students
Volker C. Hass developed a training simulator allowing to play through the entire process of producing biotechnological products

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Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Like Ultrafast Adhesive Tape: The Frog's Sticky Tongue
Fibril-forming mucus acts as a pressure sensitive adhesive

Searching for Christmas Presents?
Editors recommend science-themed holiday gift ideas

Gold Can Melt at Room Temperature
Surface processes directly controlled at the atomic scale by an externally applied electric field