Conditions for switching between vase and kite conformations have been determined in dye-labeled cavitands

Switchable Cavitands

Green Carbon Center
Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, think tank will strategize on environmentally sound policies on oil, gas, coal

Toxic Color Test
A new lab-on-a-chip sensor array – little bigger than a business card can – detect toxic industrial chemicals at low cost and low concentrations

Breakthrough for Creating Biorenewable Chemicals
Key features uncovered that control the high reactivity of gold nanoparticles in a process that oxidizes alcohols in water

New EuCheMS President
The EuCheMS elected Ulrich Schubert, Vienna University of Technology, member of the Austrian chemical society, as their new president

Mass Production of Spider Silk
Native-sized spider silk protein successfully expressed for the first time in metabolically engineered Escherichia coli

Ultrasensitive Detection
Electrochemical immunoassay evaluated spiked food samples, including fruit juices, milk, and pork, with excellent detection levels

Time–Temperature Indicators
Nanoplates with time-temperature dependant UV/Vis spectra could have future in monitoring transportation and storage of food

Angewandte Author Profiles
Helmut Werner, Leroy Cronin, Otto Wolfbeis, and Takuzo Aida, are interviewed this month

Angew. Chem. 42/2010: Structures and Properties Out of the Ordinary
An overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition