Professor Chunli Bai, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), celebrates his 60th birthday on September 26, 2013

60th Birthday: Chunli Bai

Lavoiser Medal Awarded
Professor Henri B. Kagan has been awarded the highest honor of the Chemical Society of France (SCF)

Who's Next? 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Voting Results Wednesday 25 September
Latest results for the predictions for the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Bonding Knowledge by Dissociation
Infrared photodissociation spectroscopy reveals how hydrated ammonia and amine ions behave when trapped in clathrate cages

Azobenzene Derivatives Switch Off the Heat
Photoswitchable azobenzene derivatives can be used to optically control TRPV1 channels that mediate the response to noxious heat

Cyclodextrin-Modified Zeolites as Drug-Delivery Nanocontainers
Zeolites modified with aminoalkoxysilanes and cyclodextrin show different uptake and release properties depending on which silane is used

Turning to Site B
22-azacholesterol is a novel smoothened inhibitor that acts through an allosteric mechanism

Angewandte Chemie 40/2013: Exchanges
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Magnetic Catalytic
A magnetic microgel acts as a support material for a palladium catalyst, improving efficiency and recyclability in Suzuki and Heck reactions

Biofunctionalization of Polymer Surfaces
A new technique for functionalizing cyclic olefin copolymers has been developed by Korean chemists