It is possible to create nanoscopic particles of platinum with precise shapes using facet-specific peptide sequences, according to US chemists

Shaping Platinum with Peptides

Celebrate the IYC with Wiley!
Celebrate the International Year of Chemistry with Wiley! - Read for free - see book discounts - more every month

Tracking Bismuth
Tracking bismuth uptake at the single-cell level using mass spectrometry could see new anti-ulcer drugs developed

Supercapacitors Made From Fungi
Fungus provides cheap and renewable source of activated carbon for supercapacitors

Angewandte Chemie 19/2011 – Porphyrins and More
An overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie

More Patent Applications in Europe Than Ever
Number of patent applications in Europe hits all-time high; European companies top the list of largest applicants

Making Metabolites by Mimicking Enzymes
Engineered enzyme mimics human drug metabolism and produces metabolites on a scale suitable for characterization and testing

Viral Solar Cells
Using a genetically modified virus as a template for carbon nanotubes improves solar-cell efficiency by nearly one-third

25 Award Winning Highly Cited Papers
To celebrate its 25th birthday, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry presents 25 award winning, highly cited papers free to read

Keep the Methyl, Kill the Cancer
Stopping histone demethylases from removing the methyl groups from lysine side chains could present effective route to treat cancer