European Women in Chemistry edited by Jan Apotheker and Livia Simon Sarkadi, reviewed by Francesco De Angelis, University of l’Aquila, Italy

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

First field measurements of organic arsenic emissions with new technique shows link between arsine and carbon content of soil

Many plants contain dyes that change color depending on the pH value, for example, red cabbage. But what other colors are even better?

Microsponges derived from seaweed shown to detect biomarkers in diagnostic bio-nano-chips for heart disease, cancers, and HIV

Analysis of the intermediates produced in direct ethanol fuel cells with different anodes gives clues to reaction pathways within the cell

The companies will jointly develop solutions for the production of new and generic anti-cancer therapeutics

A scorpion-like fluorescent triazole allows sensitive detection of copper and mercury in sea samples from Sydney Harbour

Vincenzo Barone, the new president of the Società Chimica Italiana (SCI), talks about the SCI, IYC 2011, politics, young chemists

Imaging intact virus and a membrane structure possible with intensive and ultra-short X-ray pulses from free electron laser