BASF and Sinopec further strengthen their cooperation

BASF and Sinopec Explore Building iso-Nonanol Plant

Access to Cannabinoids
Simple and compact synthesis of a tricyclic resorcinol could provide route to novel analogs of conformationally restricted cannabinoids

New Term of Office for H. Schwarz
Professor Helmut Schwarz, TU Berlin, Germany, elected to another five-year term as President of the Humboldt Foundation

Collaborative Projects
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Origin of Compensation in Heterogenous Catalysis
Entropic origin of compensation in heterogeneous catalysis revealed by in situ surface coverage analysis of RuO2-catalysed HCl oxidation

Hypusine Keeps Tumor Away
Hypusine synthesis prevents development of lymphomas by relying on the polyamine–hypusine axis

Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles
One-dimensional assembly of gold nanoparticles (see picture) is achieved by a sphere-to-cylinder transformation of polymer shells

The Cut and Thrust of Spectroscopy
Novel spectroscopic technique dubbed SABRE can cut data acquisition times for 2D nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy experiments

Hydrogen Generation with Visible Light
Iridium complexes coordinated to coumarin dyes perform well in directing sunlight energy for producing hydrogen from water

What Would Happen Without PSA Testing? Cancer Press Release
Is prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing an ineffective screen for prostate cancer? Or does it help save lives?