Joint ventures by foreign companies accounted for 20 % of total investment in shale plays in the United States between 2008 and 2012

Foreign Investment in U.S. Shale Industry

Hydrodesulfurization of Thiophene
The conversion of thiophene into butane is greatly improved on few layers of MoS2

Oxygen Releasing Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering
Ways to integrate oxygen releasing agents into material for tissue engineering applications examined

Priestley Medal for Peter Stang
Peter Stang, University of Utah, USA, receives the highest honor of the American Chemical Society

Presence in Brazil Strengthened
DSM completes acquisition of Tortuga, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Remedies of Old – What Was in Them and Were They Effective?
Analysis of a collection of old remedies helps understanding pharmazeutics 100–200 years ago

Dendritic Hydrogenation Catalysts
Iridium centers coordinated by phosphinooxazoline denrimers enantioselectively hydrogenate benzodiazepines

Cascading Towards a Polyketide
A three-step pericyclic cascade reaction sequence proves key to synthesizing the core of an insecticidal polyketide

New High-Performance Supercapacitor Materials
The marriage of graphene and Ni(OH)2 leads to hybrid hydrogels that can act as advanced supercapacitor materials

Reinvestigating Tatanans A–C
A concise, step-economical synthesis of natural products, tatanans A–C, and their biological activity is examined