Petra Schwille, MPI for Biochemistry, Germany, looks at how chemical synthesis is essential for synthetic biology

Overview of the Anniversary Symposium issue of Angewandte Chemie

Efficient oxidation of methane to methanol by dioxygen mediated by tricopper clusters

Human knowledge growing faster than the world population and the unpredictability of science make future of mankind brighter

Ultralight, flexible, fire-resistant carbon nanotube aerogels from bacterial cellulose could be used for cleaning up oil spills

Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Direct gas phase ozonation utilized to modify properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes used as catalysts in the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethyl benzene to styrene

Excellent underwater, reversible adhesion demonstrated with a supramolecular velcro using host–guest chemistry

Antibodies attached to tripodal molecules on a graphene surface maintain their ability to recognize cells

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for January 2013