Surprising observations in the chemistry of lanthanide pentaarylcyclopentadienyl complexes
Superbulky Metallocenes
Technical Corn Oil for Renewable Diesel
Neste Oil adds technical corn oil to the feedstocks used for producing NExBTL renewable diesel
Anti-tumoral Metabolites in Orange Peel
Flavonoid 5-demethylnobiletin is metabolized to compounds that show anti-tumoral properties
Nanotubes for Energy-Storage
Porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes with a high specific capacitance have potential for supercapacitors and lithium/sulfur batteries
OMCOS Award for Zhang-Jie Shi
Zhang-Jie Shi, Peking University, China, has been awarded the OMCOS Award for organometallic chemistry
Microgels for Glucose-Dependent Insulin Release
A group of American scientists developed microgels that release insulin in response to changing blood glucose levels
150 Years of Bayer: Success Through Science-Based Innovation
Wolfgang Plischke, Member of the Board of Management, Bayer AG, explains what has made the company so successful
Chemically Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
A combination of seven small-molecule compounds can be used to generate induced pluripotent stem cells
EROS Best Reagent Award 2013
Huw Davis, Emory University, USA, has received the the Best Reagent Award for his widely used carbenoid precursor
Discerning Imine Hydrogenation
A new method to selectively hydrogenate imine bonds by using an iridium complex has been developed