Self-propelled capsules for active cleaning of oil spills are prepared and evaluated

Self-Propelled Capsules for Cleaning Oil Spills

Your Body Heat, Your Clothing, Your Electricity?
Fully organic nanocomposites are prepared with high electrical conductivity and improved thermoelectric properties

Foreign Investment in U.S. Shale Industry
Joint ventures by foreign companies accounted for 20 % of total investment in shale plays in the United States between 2008 and 2012

Hydrodesulfurization of Thiophene
The conversion of thiophene into butane is greatly improved on few layers of MoS2

Presence in Brazil Strengthened
DSM completes acquisition of Tortuga, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Get to Work, Enzymes!
High yield production of dihydrogen from xylose by cell-free enzyme cascade

Faster-than-Light Travel in 50 Years
50 years until Zefram Cochrane’s test flight of The Phoenix, Earth’s first warp ship; answer to Guess the Chemist 16

Shale Gas in Europe
The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) released a position paper on the opportunity of shale gas in Europe

Photocatalytic Oxygenation of Benzene to Phenol
2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ) acts as efficient photocatalyst for the one-step oxygenation of benzene to phenol under visible-light irradiation

Our Daily Bread — Part 3
Exploring the chemical reactions during the baking of the bread and the skills trained and experienced bakers need