Going with the flow: in-line analysis of a continuous flow reaction sequence is achieved

In-line Improvement

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

Nagoya Silver Medal Special Issue
The 11 Silver Medal winners from 1999 to 2009 represent the ‘crème de la crème’ of modern Japanese organic chemistry

See Hidden Fingerprints
Fingerprints that have been washed off metal surfaces can now be retrieved

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

Silver-Free Protocol
New route to gold-based catalyst removes need for moisture and light sensitive silver salts

Atmospheric Dioxane Degradation
Mechanism of the radical-initiated oxidation of 1,3-dioxane helps explain the role of ethers in the atmosphere

Soaking Up Synthesis
A 21-step synthesis of (−)-nakadomarin A from the simple starting material D-pyroglutamic acid has been achieved