Broadband dielectric spectroscopy monitors tautomerism in drugs to discover their shelf-life

Tracking Tautomers

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Literary Prize: D. Fischer-Henningsen
The 2010 literary prize is awarded to Doris Fischer-Henningsen, Editor-in-Chief of Chemie in Unserer Zeit

Independent Deepwater Estimate
New estimates of the amount of oil released from Deepwater Horizon are published in the first peer-reviewed study

Ozone Recovers
Twenty years after its implementation, the Montreal Protocol proves effective against ozone depletion

Noninvasive and Accurate
A new method that allows absolute temperature mapping with unmatched accuracy shows promise for biomedical applications

Sniffer Dog on a Chip
Highly sensitive nanosensor array allows detection of TNT down to 0.1 part per trillion

Going With the Flow
Observation of single ions passing through a nanotube channel could herald more sensitive detectors or new desalination systems

Chocolate – The Noblest Polymorphism II
Cocoa butter can crystallize into six forms, but only one has the noble surface sheen, the crisp hardness, and melts pleasantly in the mouth

Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology Prize
This year's GDCh-FG-Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology Prize 2010 is shared by Dr. A. Dreyer and Dr. M. Matzke