Paper-based spot test can identify adulterated whiskey

Detecting Whiskey Forgery

Black Phosphorus Nanosheets for Catalysis
Effective catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction

Studying Methanol Conversion with NMR
Investigation of the first carbon-carbon bond formation step in the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction

Crack-Resistant Oxide Glasses
Lithium aluminoborate glass featuring the highest crack resistance ever reported for a bulk oxide glass

Summer Reading 2017
Editors recommend entertaining science-related books for your summer break

Cobalt-Catalyzed Alkylation of Alcohols
First known example of a coupling of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols catalyzed by a cobalt pincer complex

Hydrogen Bonds Involving CF2H
Difluoromethyl can act as hydrogen bond donor and as OH group surrogate

Making Diabetes Drugs Cleaner
Identification and characterization of seven previously unknown impurities in anti-diabetic drug

Calculating Drug–Protein Interaction Energies
Large-scale computational modeling highlights importance of peptide bonds in drug-protein interactions

Angewandte Chemie 28/2017: P, S—I Love You
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie