New X-ray imaging technique has power and sensitivity to observe the nanoscale and see tissue within bone
X-Ray Imaging Advance
Engel New VCI President
Dr. Klaus Engel, Evonik Industries AG, elected President of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)
Literary Prize: D. Fischer-Henningsen
The 2010 literary prize is awarded to Doris Fischer-Henningsen, Editor-in-Chief of Chemie in Unserer Zeit
Independent Deepwater Estimate
New estimates of the amount of oil released from Deepwater Horizon are published in the first peer-reviewed study
Model Nickel Complex
Nickel coordinated to methyl coenzyme M provides a model for the active site of methyl coenzyme M reductase
New Material Research Center
Merck inaugurates new Material Research Center, the largest single R&D investment in the chemicals business sector to date
Waste: Feedstock For Renewable Diesel
Neste Oil develops technology for turning waste into feedstock for renewable diesel
Cracking Open Oysters
The chemical glue that allows oysters to stick to rocks has been identified; it could be used in boating and medicine
Promoting Natural Painkiller
New drug enables the body's internal answer to the cannabis chemical THC, effectively control pain at the site of an injury
Pallada-Bacteria
Biosorption of palladium from water turns industrial waste directly into C–C bond forming catalysts