Talking with Nobel Prize Committee member Jan Bäckvall and with Ken Houk, author of the first article in the review series "The Nobel Legacy"

The Importance of Nobel Prizes for Today's Research

Light-Triggered Release of Nitric Oxide
Improved control of NO signaling

Behind the Science: β-Amino Acid Replacements in Protein Loops
Ruben Ragg, ChemBioChem, talked to Katrina Forest, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, about β-amino acid substitutions

Record-Breaking Twisted Hexacene
The largest end-to-end twist in an acene to be recorded to date

DNA Methyltransferase Inhibitors Fight Cancer
Potential nucleic acid drug lead for cancer therapy and useful chemical probe for studies of epigenetics

Potent Anticancer Diazido Pt(IV) Prodrug
Spectroscopic analysis of the reactivity of a new prodrug in metal-based photoactivated chemotherapy

Better Characterization of Heterogeneous Biocatalysts
Single-particle methods for monitoring the structure and function of enzymes

"Safe By Design" ZnO Nanocrystals
Synthesis of nontoxic, ligand-coated ZnO nanocrystals with potential biomedical applications

Chocolate Flavor in Space
Chocolate flavonoids (propanol and butanals) formed within the interstellar medium through interaction with ionizing radiation

Efficient Synthesis of Benzofuranes under Mild Conditions
Palladium-catalyzed intramolecular alkoxycarbonylation of alkenylphenols