Grape seed and skin extracts alleviate the renal dysfunction caused by obesity

Grape Extracts Keep Kidneys Healthy

New Fluid Catalytic Cracking Laboratory
BASF to start up fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts testing and research laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany

New Route to Carbon Dots
General carbonization and extraction procedure to prepare a series of N-doped carbon dots with different nitrogen contents

Long-term Consequences of Prenatal Metformin Exposure
When administered prenatally, the antidiabetic drug metformin causes long-term metabolic effects

50th Anniversary: Supercritical Fluid Extraction
Kurt Zosel, Germany, first patented supercritical fluid extraction in 1963; answer to Guess the Chemist (15)

C2: Simple Yet Complicated, Omnipresent Yet Elusive
Three chemists discuss the spectroscopy, structure, bonding, stability, reactivity of C2

Frankland Award for Philip Mountford
Philip Mountford, Oxford University, UK, has been awarded for his work on metal–ligand multiple bonding and polymerization catalysts

Phototransformation of Wastewater-Derived Trace Organic Contaminants
Photochemical model shows potential of open-water unit process cells to transform trace organic contaminants

Microcatalysis in Photonic Crystal Fibers
Photonic crystal fiber emerges as a new class of optical fiber for photocatalysis and photospectroscopic reaction analysis

Blue Mussels Extracts Active Against Food Browning
A mussel-derived polyphenol oxidase inhibitor can be used to prevent the enzymatic browning of fruits and vegetables