Compared to petrodiesel emissions, biodiesel exhaust causes more inflammation in human cells and in mouse lungs

Health Effects of Biodiesel Emissions

Better Membrane for Vanadium Flow Battery
New membrane increases efficiencies and long-term cycling stability at high current density of vanadium flow batteries

Who's Next? 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Voting Results Friday 4 October
Latest results for the predictions for the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Statins and Memory
Pravastatin, one of the most common cholesterol-lowering drugs, causes cognitive side effects when administered for a long period of time

Capture of Carbon Dioxide with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
Free-flowing crystalline powder based on a NHC framework reacts rapidly and stoichiometrically with CO2 as a solid carbon-capture reagent

Angewandte Chemie 41/2013: Fighting Resistance
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Debittering Black Dry-Salted Olives
Debittering of black olives during the dry-salting process occurs due to the enzymatic oxidation of oleuropein

More Sensitive Mass Spectrometry
Use of an active pixel detector with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer allows enhanced detection of high-mass species

Nontoxic Chalcogenophane Synthesis
Copper(II) salts are used to catalyze the synthesis of four classes of chalcogenophene derivatives

South-East Asia’s Largest Bicarbonate Plant
Solvay plans to build a sodium bicarbonate plant with a total capacity of 100,000 ton per year in Thailand