Sesquiterpenes have fascinating biological properties, members of this class are interesting for the development of new antibiotics

40 Years Synthesis of Protoilludanes and Related Sesquiterpenes

The Eye of the Beholder
New calculations explain why vision uses the 11-cis form of the pigment retinal, rather than any of the other possible forms

New Drought-Tolerant Crops
RIKEN scientists identified a gene that helps plants to conserve water under drought conditions

Blocking the AChEs and pains of Alzheimer’s Disease
Synthesis of the best human acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors reported – important for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Fluorescent Nanoparticles: Easy Synthesis In The Microwave
Faster and more eco-friendly synthesis method for nanoparticles promising for biological imaging reported

Angewandte Chemie 45/2011: A Variety of Shapes
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Affect of Alkyl Chain Length on Tumor Targeting
Affect of coplymer side-chains length might offer general principles for designing imaging probes or drug delivery vehicles

Interview with ChemistryViews Author Klaus Roth
Interview with ChemistryViews Author Klaus Roth, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Wonderlab Comic — Power Outage
Wonderlab is undergoing some scheduled maintenance and Sophie is sure she turned everything off

Discovery Will Change Alzheimer Research
Tangled web in Alzheimer's protein deposits consist of at least three different proteins rather than just one