The enzyme nitrogenase converts nitrogen into ammonia but surprisingly it can also reduce CO to organic compounds

Surprising Enzyme

Activation Against Malaria
Anti-malarial agents, artemisinins, undergo both one-electron transfer and two-electron reduction, with biological consequences

Support For Fuel Cell Catalysts
Fuel cell catalyst based on supported Pt nanoparticles is resistant to CO poisoning and is more active than commercial products

Most Accessed Articles: July 2010
Read the most-accessed ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journal articles for July 2010

Shining a Light on Diabetes
Noninvasive, optical blood glucose measurements have been in development since the 1980s, now they’re one step closer

Novel Reaction Coupling
Effective coupling of two chemical reactions in one apparatus leads to simultaneously production of hydrogen and ethylene

Heating Up Solar Power
Simultaneously combining the light and heat of solar radiation to generate electricity could double the efficiency of solar cell technology

My Little Green Cactus
Plants that are better chemists than chemists, nanodiamonds and more in this months Chemie in unserer Zeit

Nanoparticular-ly Interesting
Nanoparticles role in catalysis and their function as catalyst supports charted by a review in Chem. Eur. J.

Programmed Destruction
How redox chemistry and selenium- and tellurium-based agents can help combat cancer