Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Wonderlab looks at the sacrifices and rewards of being a chemist in order to find some happiness when times are tough

Enzymes catalyze polymerization and depolymerization of DNA on a gold surface

A new type of metal-carbon bond that forms at the edges of aromatic compounds could open up a new field of structures

First efficient noble-metal-free photocatalytic system for proton reduction using copper-based photosensitizers

Young Academy of Europe (YAE) is a pan-European initiative of outstanding young scientists for networking, scientific exchange and science policy

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for November 2012

European Commission launched project to attract outstanding academics to universities or institutions in less developed regions in Europe

Heterobimetallic disulfur monoradical reveals a bonding situation between the elusive ‘half-bonded’ S₂ radical trianion and two S^2– ligands

New organometallic single-source precursors used to synthesize ternary Zn/Sn/O systems with different tin concentrations