Furfural is converted into octane in high yields at relatively low pressures and temperatures with two bifunctional catalysts

New calculations explain why vision uses the 11-cis form of the pigment retinal, rather than any of the other possible forms

Helmut Schwarz wins international award for groundbreaking research from the European Academy of Sciences

Sesquiterpenes have fascinating biological properties, members of this class are interesting for the development of new antibiotics

Photoacoustic Tomography, or short PAT, is a new acronym to remember! The technology has received broad interest for clinical translation

Chelating Lewis acids prepared by double hydroalumination of dialkynylsilanes have improved flexibility for better coordination

Transition metal-based analogues of frustrated Lewis pairs undergo reactivity not seen with their main group counterparts

Dispersed palladium nanoparticles can be highly active catalysts for the gasphase reaction of methanol oxidation

RIKEN scientists identified a gene that helps plants to conserve water under drought conditions

Mechanistic insights into roll-over cyclometalation may help develop new catalysts for the dehydrosulfurization of S-containing hydrocarbons