Zanthoxylum piperitum’s essential oil inhibits the growth of several pathogenic bacteria which contaminate food

Preserving Food with Essential Oils

Influence of Climate Change on Chemicals
How Will Global Climate Change Influence the Way We Assess and Manage Chemicals in the Environment?

Capture and Preserve Cancer Cells
Polymer grafted silicon nanowires allow to capture and preserve cancer cells circulating in the bloodstream

Honorary Membership of the GDCh
Gunter Fischer and Ekkehard Winterfeldt have been granted honorary membership of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)

Soya Bean: Resisting Destruction
A mutated serine hydroxymethyltransferase protects soya bean from the devastating infection of its parasitic worm

Angewandte Chemie 52/2012: Happy Holidays!
Overview on the current issue of the Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Beer's Bitter
The absolute configurations of the bitter acids of hops determined

The Science of Santa
173 million deliveries in 31 hours? We look at the science behind Santa's Technosleigh and what makes Rudolph's nose glow

Microbial World
Test your knowledge of microbes, the most fascinating and underrated organisms on the planet

Mussels-inspired Gel for Damaged Vessels
Mimicking adhesiveness of mussels, a catechol-based hydrogel glues to blood vessels and stabilizes atherosclerotic plaques