Covalently binding mesoporous silica nanoparticles to pro-drugs facilitates the controlled release of therapeutics

Günter Gauglitz, University of Tübingen, Germany, has won the Carl Duisberg Medal of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)

The ionization energies of complexes between a rare-earth metal (Yb) and ammonia were measured for the first time

A German study identified the volatiles substances contained in three different species of licorice roots

Antioxidants limit the generation of the toxic compound acrylamide which occurs during cookie baking

Israel’s Sorek desalination plant scheduled to be 50 % operational by the beginning of 2013

Depending on the number of fluorine atoms in the alkylating agent, β-ketoesters are regioselectively C- or O-alkylated

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for October 2012

Chinese scientists discovered a new compound that reduces the high blood glucose levels of diabetic and obese mice

Hydrodynamic and mass transfer characteristics of a novel tray with SiC ceramic foam (SFCT) are studied in different pilot plants