TAGS, an alloy that converts heat into electricity, is improved by 25 % through doping with cerium or ytterbium

New way to estimate global rainfall and track ocean pollution

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for January 2011

European Women in Chemistry edited by Jan Apotheker and Livia Simon Sarkadi, reviewed by Francesco De Angelis, University of l’Aquila, Italy

Photosynthetic plant proteins and synthetic polymers shown to self-assemble and produce H2 from light

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Carbon dioxide pressure dissipates in underground reservoirs according to study by Berkeley Lab scientists

First field measurements of organic arsenic emissions with new technique shows link between arsine and carbon content of soil

Improved understanding of conduction in ionic liquids could have important implications for batteries and dye-sensitized solar cells

Analysis of the intermediates produced in direct ethanol fuel cells with different anodes gives clues to reaction pathways within the cell