Clean energy is a big topic these days. Extraction of CH4 out of underwater sediments could be one solution to the problem

Energy from the Deep Sea

MOFs in the Making
A general method for the fabrication of MOF membranes allows the fabrication of a membrane with a high gas separation factor

New Catalyst for Fuel Cells
Synthesis and characterization of Pt entangled carbon nanotube composite electrodes for a high-power, low Pt loading, single-cell PEMFE device

Most Accessed Articles: June 2012
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for June 2012

Keeping Heart Disease at BAY
Structure–activity relationships of non-steroidal antagonist series identifies BAY 94-8862 as a potential treatment for chronic heart failure

Catalysts the Easy Way
Never mind tedious doping procedures to optimize your catalyst: just get some slag and have a blast

Better Route to Cyclic Amines
Carboxylic acid additives improve the directed Ru-catalyzed C(sp3)–H α-alkylation of cyclic amines with alkenes

A Binary Coupling
The Morita-Baylis-Hillman coupling reaction is catalyzed by a guanidine-azole binary system

Delivering Drugs with Titanium
The sustained release of ibuprofen in a biological environment is possible by using new TiO2-based drug-delivery systems

Escherichia Coli, The Super Cell
E. coli cells are permeabilized to optimize multienzymatic flaviolin production, a polyketide-based secondary metabolite