Professor Bernhard Blümich, RWTH Aachen, Germany, celebrates his 60th birthday

60th Birthday: Bernhard Blümich

A Migraine Drug Fights Neurodegeneration
The migraine drug naratriptan improves motor neuron degeneration in a mouse model of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

Polycyclic Indoles Made Easy
Sequential catalysis simplifies the synthesis of polycyclic indoles, which usually require multistep approaches

Into Neurotensin’s Binding Mode
The crystal structure of the activated neurotensin receptor revealed how it interacts with its agonist

Engelbert Zass Awarded
E. Zass, Head of the Chemistry Biology Pharmacy Information Center at ETH Zurich, will be awarded the Gmelin Beilstein Medal

First All-Carbon Solar Cell
Solar cell made entirely of carbon is a promising alternative to the expensive materials used in photovoltaic devices today

Assembling Gold Nanorods Using DNA
American scientists used DNA hybridization to assemble therapeutic near infrared-responsive gold nanoparticles

Optimum Material Parameters for Solar Cells
Optimum material parameters providing high efficiencies close to the detailed balance limit determined for intermediate band solar cells

New Route for Functionalization of Gold Nanorods
Functionalized gold nanorods are used for biosensing following conjugation of antibodies through biomolecular recognition

Literary Prize: Reinhard Zellner
R. Zellner, Germany, was awarded the VCI-Fonds literary prize for his book on the chemistry of the atmosphere, climate, and clouds