Lamellarins, natural products isolated from marine mollusks and sponges, show potential in treating multidrug resistant cancer

Marine Natural Product Stops Cancer Drug Resistance

Polymer, Heal Thy Self
Thermoplastic elastomers with high modulus and toughness can spontaneously heal themselves and be useful in countless products

Angewandte Chemie 16/2012: Activate!
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

80th Birthday: Werner Hanke
Werner Hanke, long-time Editor of the journal ZAAC, celebrates his 80th birthday

Shifting Silicon with Boron Ligands
Stabilizing an organosilicon compound makes it behave more like a transition metal than a carbene-type compound

Russian Chemists Union & European Chemical Industry
Cefic president meets Russian chemicals industry leaders in Moscow; Russian body is to become newest member of EU chemicals trade group

Selective Cellulose Conversion
A series of Ni-promoted W2C catalysts was prepared and evaluated for the catalytic conversion of cellulose into ethylene glycol

WACKER Expands Technical Center in Singapore
Technical Center in Singapore extended to include dispersion applications for the paints and coatings industry

Bio Spin on Gas Separation
A supported bio-metal organic framework membrane could provide an effective system for separating methane from carbon dioxide

CO2 Sequestration with Amidophosphoranes
Amidophosphoranes containing four-membered rings react rapidly to capture of one and two equivalents of carbon dioxide, respectively