Huw Davis, Emory University, USA, has received the the Best Reagent Award for his widely used carbenoid precursor

EROS Best Reagent Award 2013

Discerning Imine Hydrogenation
A new method to selectively hydrogenate imine bonds by using an iridium complex has been developed

Bond-Length Alternation in Overcrowded Borazines
X-ray crystallography and state-of-the art computations were applied to the question of bond-length alternation in overcrowded borazines

Hybrid Nanoscale Ligand
A new salen–C60 dyad forms complexes with transition metals, thereby tuning the optical, redox, and catalytic properties

Fun with Chemistry: Vote & Submit Chemistry Jokes 2013
Vote how much you like a joke and submit your own; it will be added to the form and the best one will win a prize

Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Show the Way
Iron oxide nanoparticles precisely direct stem cells to damage tissues, thereby increasing their therapeutic potential

Angewandte Chemie 31/2013: A Great Therapy
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Miniature Arm Lifts Weights
Artificial muscle contracts and expands with changes in humidity

Redox-Switchable Catalyst for Ring-Closing Metathesis
Homogeneous, redox-switchable, N-heterocyclic carbene/ferrocenyl-based catalysts for ring-closing metathesis reactions

Titania: Black is the New White
A mass production technique for reducing brilliant white titanium dioxide to black for applications in solar energy conversion has been devised