A polymer-coated wire uses light waves to measure temperatures down to 95 K

Measuring Cryogenic Temperatures with Light and Plastic

Angewandte Chemie 11/2016: Awakening
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Double Helixes Make Strong Scaffolds
DNA origami forms strong, lightweight trusses that could make scaffolding for nanoparticle arrays

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2016
Germany's most prestigious research prize presented in Berlin

Diagnosis by Lab-on-a-Drone
In the future, drones equipped with PCR instruments and smartphones could be flying over disease-stricken areas

Polymer Wash Keeps Nanoparticles Moving
Flooding oil reservoirs with a polymer solution prevents nanoparticle contrast agents from getting stuck on the rocks

New Director at Indian National Chemical Laboratory
Professor Ashwini Nangia from the University of Hyderabad, India, appointed

Encouraging New Ideas with Research Funding
Are the current changes good or bad for chemistry?

Innovation Award for Robert Schlögl
German researcher honored for work on renewable energy

First Carboranyl-NHC Complexes with Transition Metals
Exceptionally large ligand substituents allow for unusual zwitterionic and anionic Au(I) complexes