Ordinary cotton coated with silver and electrified creates water filter that has no moving parts and requires very little power

Silver Bales

Angewandte Author Profiles
Albert Schenning, Carsten Schmuck, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, and José Barluenga are interviewed this month

Corey Presents Molecules & Medicine
Corey talks about his book "Molecules And Medicine"

Speed Up MRI
Scientists succeed in filming organs and joints in real time using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) by reducing the recording time

Lighting the Way
Chelation enhanced fluorescence of amino acids helps illuminate kinase activity in cancer cells

Ensuring Bite-Free Picnics
Understanding the chemistry behind insect repellants could help chemists design alternatives to DEET and its ilk

How do Bacteria Smell?
Bacteria are able to sense airborne volatile metabolites produced by neighboring bacterial cultures and respond in a coordinated way

Impressions from the ACS Meeting
Snapshots of the ACS Meeting, as seen from the Wiley booth

Brain Food
Eating blueberries, strawberries, or walnuts may help the aging brain stay healthy by restoring the brain’s cleaning mechanism

Hair Today
Hair follicles track the body’s clock, giving information about the 24-hour circadian clock that regulates our sleeping habits