Building multifunctional chiral building blocks from materials like D-glutamic acid opens up synthetic routes to natural products.
Cancer and Crabs
Room to Move
Cells behave differently when in 2 D environments, such as Petri dishes, to more natural, 3 D structures such as those in the human body.
New EU Provisions
Leading environmental and health campaign groups fear that MEPs may lack courage to ban all highly hazardous products.
Metal Affinity
Nanoparticle-based sorbents demonstrate excellent affinity for the separation of heavy metals in contaminated water systems
Carbon Capture
Prototype combines solar power and CO2 adsorption to remove CO2 from air and convert it to syngas.
Coolant Conjecture
Take care when choosing an engine coolant - they're not all the same, warns Mike Freche from BASF.
Fried Green Tomatoes
The glycoalkaloid tomatine has been shown to inhibit human cancer cells in vitro but its concentration in tomatoes depends on the ripeness.
Watery No-Man's Land
Water exists in 15 distinct phases, now research shows that at 180 K ice and liquid can coexist after water crystallizes.
Invention and Innovation Award
Wiley-VCH author and Angew. Chem. Advisory Board member, Carolyn Bertozzi will receive this year's $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.
Loosening the Purse Strings
The EU will add EUR 40 million to its contribution to the international Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) program.