Overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie
Angewandte Chemie 31/2011: More Nobility
Tobias Ritter Gets Catalysis Award
Tobias Ritter, Harvard University, USA, receives the BASF Catalysis Award
New Route to 2,5-Disubstituted Furans
Ru- and Pd-catalyzed synthesis of 2-arylfurans by one-flask heck arylation/oxidation
Ryoji Noyori Introduces RIKEN
Ryoji Noyori Introduces RIKEN, Japan’s flagship institution for comprehensive scientific research
Violation of the Wiedemann-Franz Law
Violation of the Wiedemann-Franz law, one of the oldest empirical laws of physics, has been observed
Heroin Vaccine
A highly successful vaccine against a heroin high developed and its therapeutical potential proven in animal models
Will Chemistry Make the World a Better Place?
Frank Weinreich, Wiley-VCH, Germany, takes a look at a book that asks how attainable the goals of the chemical community are
Wave Motion
New compounds for molecule interferometry experiments
Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots Pollute Soil
Cadmium selenide quantum dots degrade in soil and release their toxic guts
Better Model for Deep Sea Oil Spill
New molecular model better explains diffusion of oil spill under water and significantly impacts assessment of environmental impact