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Cancer Treatment with Built-in Light
Deep photodynamic therapy: photosensitizer irradiates itself

Cellular Communication Agent
Tracking the NO signaling pathway

Overcoming False Optical Activity
Interference leads to inaccurate Raman spectroscopic analysis of vitamin B12

Electrons Passed Around
Ultrafast processes in light-induced charge transfer in a manganese-containing Prussian blue analogue elucidated

Strong Comeback for the German Chemical Industry
Despite the coronavirus pandemic and supply chain issues, the chemical-pharmaceutical industry had a strong first half of 2021

125th Birthday: Gerty Cori
Nobel Laureate known for the co-discovery of the Cori cycle and the Cori ester

Increasing the Selectivity of Porous Crystalline Materials
New material binds acetylene with unusual strength and allows for highly selective separation of acetylene from ethylene or carbon dioxid

Max von Laue – Furchtlos und Treu
Silvio R. Dahmen, Brazil, reviews a biography of Physics Nobel Laureate Max von Laue

Organic Mixed Valence Pigments Absorb in the Near Infrared
Unusual organic pigment is “switched on” by an electrical charge to become a potent dye