Contents - Editorial

And the curve keeps plummeting Thomas Etzemüller

Climate change in the north-west: how do plants react? Detlev Metzing, Albrecht Gerlach

Islamic religious education? Between necessity and anachronism Jürgen Heumann

Chemistry today for the materials of tomorrow Mathias S. Wickleder

Da Vinci Code, Amart Cards and Electronic Banking + The geometry of overtones Andreas Stein + Daniel Grieser

Focus News, academic appointments, doctorates, habilitations