The diazaperopyrenium cation can undergo both heterophilic and homophilic recognition processes

Dual Recognition Processes of Diazaperopyrenium

First Photosynthetic Organism That Digests Cellulose
When grown under CO2-limiting conditions, a green microalga metabolizes cellulose in addition to doing photosynthesis

Soldier Beetles Teach Polyacetylenic Fatty Acid Synthesis
By discovering how insects synthesize polyacetylenic fatty acids, scientists found a new way to produce these promising therapeutic compunds

Angewandte Chemie 48/2012: Disorder Leads to Order
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

A Covalent Bond to Control Drug Release
Covalently binding mesoporous silica nanoparticles to pro-drugs facilitates the controlled release of therapeutics

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

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

Licorice’s Volatiles Composition
A German study identified the volatiles substances contained in three different species of licorice roots

Healthier Cookie Baking with Antioxidants
Antioxidants limit the generation of the toxic compound acrylamide which occurs during cookie baking

Largest Seawater Reverse Osmosis Plant
Israel’s Sorek desalination plant scheduled to be 50 % operational by the beginning of 2013