When grown under CO2-limiting conditions, a green microalga metabolizes cellulose in addition to doing photosynthesis

First Photosynthetic Organism That Digests Cellulose

Most Accessed Articles: October 2012
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for October 2012

Adsorption of Water on a Stepped Pt Surface
Little is known about the chemistry of water on stepped surfaces, although it plays a central role in many catalytic surface reactions

Angewandte Chemie 47/2012: A Rich Harvest
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

New Reaction for Fe
Iron(III) complex with ionic tag catalyzed reduction reaction of alkenes under oxidative conditions

Chemistry Shaping the Future: German-Russian Symposium
LANXESS and the Russian Academy of Sciences organized scientific symposium in Moscow

M. Reetz Wins IKCOC Prize
Professor Manfred Reetz, Germany, awarded the International Kyoto Conference on New Aspect of Organic Chemistry (IKCOC) Prize

Angewandte Chemie 46/2012: Creating a Pattern
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

New Catalyst for Photocatalytic H2 Production
A molecular catalyst system containing only earth-abundant elements is combined with graphitic carbon nitride as photosensitizer

G. Marin Awarded Danckwerts Lecture
Guy B. Marin, Ghent University, Belguim, has been awarded the 2012 Danckwerts Lecture for his work in the field of chemical engineering