Professor Bernhard Blümich, RWTH Aachen, Germany, celebrates his 60th birthday

60th Birthday: Bernhard Blümich

Literary Prize: Reinhard Zellner
R. Zellner, Germany, was awarded the VCI-Fonds literary prize for his book on the chemistry of the atmosphere, climate, and clouds

Unprecedented Alkaloid
An unprecedented alkaloid containing both epsilon-lactam and delta-lactone rings has been characterized for its medicinal potential

Angewandte Chemie 43/2012: From Red to Green
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Heinrich Wieland Prize 2012 for C. Bertozzi
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, USA, awarded for her bioorthogonal method for changing cellular sugar codes and detecting diseased cells

Introducing the European Young Chemist Network (EYCN)
The EYCN supports chemists as they begin their careers, with activities aimed at developing soft skills and broadening career possibilities

Scratching the Surface of Gold Nanocatalysts
In situ aberration-corrected electron microscopy aids the investigation of deactivation of catalytic gold nanoparticles

A. Wheeler Awarded Heinrich Emanuel Merck Prize
Aaron Wheeler, Canada, awarded the Heinrich Emanuel Merck Prize for work on the microfluidic extraction and quantification of estrogen

NMR Experiments Assisting in Drug Design
A simple experiment combines modern NMR techniques with applications in drug design

Explosive Chemometrics
Chemometrics allows analysts to unravel data from laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy the detection of explosive residues