An acid chloride reportedly isolated from a fungus may not be a natural product after all

Natural Product? Not!

2D Beats 3D
Ceria, present in catalytic converters, stores more oxygen in its 2D platelet form than its 3D nanocrystalline form

William Lipscomb (1919 – 2011)
Nobel Chemist, William Lipscomb, passed away last week

Blog: Post-doc in Paris 6
What is a Post-Doc in Paris like? Tibiriçá Gonçalves Vasconcelos talks about the French reputation in his Blog. Part 6

Hot off the Press
Researchers in Australia and the USA have developed a nanoscale Gutenberg-style printing press

Rise of the Micromachines
Self-propelled microrockets that pickup and transport pancreatic tumor cells under physiological conditions have been developed

Caught Red-Handed
Detection of latent fingerprints through release of fluorescein from a nanofiber mat

First Science Slam in Karlsruhe
Falko Brinkmann organized the first Science Slam in Karlsruhe; here he talks about his inspiration and the event

New Test for Germs
Fluorescing DNAzymes detect metabolic products from bacteria

How To Make Proteins Happy
Experiences from a Science Slam — ChemistryViews talks with the winners of the first Science Slam in Karlsruhe, Germany