Richpunzel poors her lab-based sorrows out to her diary in the latest Wonderlab installment

Wonderlab Comic — Die Leiden der Jungen Richpunzel

Online Video Competition
The Hong Kong Education City Limited has initiated an International Year of Chemistry 2011 (HK) Online Video Competition

RIKEN Beijing Representative Office
New RIKEN Representative Office opened in Beijing, China, to contribute towards developing Asian solutions to global issues like energy, environment, food

Christian Reichardt and Solvent Effects in Organic Chemistry
Christian Reichardt, Marburg, Germany, discusses the fourth edition of his highly successful book

A Breakthrough in Selective Synthesis
Palladium catalyst selectively activates C–H bonds in an unactivated CH2 group in coupling reaction leading to indolines

ChemSusChem Appoints New Editor-in-Chief
Guido Kemeling named as Editor-in-Chief of ChemSusChem

Women in Chemistry — Interview with Veronique Gouverneur
Veronique Gouverneur, University of Oxford, UK, has worked in research groups on both sides of the Atlantic with renown scientists

Angewandte Chemie 28/2011: Every Step an Improvement
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Biomimetic Iron Complex for C—H Activation
Iron complex that mimics the non-heme high-spin sites in biological enzymes could point way to C—H activation of alcohols

Modular Modification of Gold Nanoparticles
Modular nanoparticle approach permits many different combinations of surface modification, hold promise for drug delivery