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Ferdi Schüth, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany, receives GDCh prize for processes that conserve resources

Evidence for under-reported western European emissions of the potent greenhouse gas HFC-23 link to EU chemical industry

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

Panda poop contains bacteria that could help produce cheaper, more abundant biofuels

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

Iron veins running through grains of magnesium allow fast and reversible uptake of enough H2 to power a car

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