New methodology developed for detecting tuberculosis (TB) using novel TB biomarkers

Novel Tuberculosis Biomarker

Special Issue: Wei-Yuan Huang’s 90th Birthday
W.-Y. Huang’s 90th birthday is celebrated in a special issue of the Chinese Journal of Chemistry on organofluorine chemistry

Lab Space for Californian Start-Ups
Bayer HealthCare plans to share lab space with start-up companies

Carbon Monoxide Promotion
CO usually poisons catalytic reactions - Dutch team demonstrates that it can promote the oxidation of alcohols on a gold catalyst

Enantiopure Triazolium Salts
Simple, robust, and straightforward synthetic method for the production of enantiopure 1,4-dialkyl-1,2,4-triazolium salts

EROS Best Reagent Award 2011
Paul Knochel has won the EROS Best Reagent Award 2011 for the development of Turbo-Grignard™

Sensing Ions with Nitrile Gloves
A variety of metal ions can be detected with ultrasmall fluorescent sensors that can be incorporated into clothing

Novel Renewable Carbon Source
Oil palm trunk sap used as growth medium for bacteria is a novel inexpensive renewable carbon source

Removing Cd2+ From Blood
Heavy metal pollution in humans: supermagnetic nanocomposite effectively removes cadmium ions from blood

Angewandte Chemie 52/2011: Quo Vadis?
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie