Helmut Schwarz celebrates his 70th birthday on August 6th

70th Birthday: Helmut Schwarz

Angewandte Chemie 32/2013: News Instead of Conventions
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Double Donation at Work in “Carbones”
The carbon compounds "carbones", recently discovered, have now been shown to stabilize cations other than BH2+

Metastable Solids—Terra Incognita Awaiting Discovery
Claus Feldmann, Germany, discusses how solid-state reactions can be sped up without increasing the reaction temperature

Sonication-Induced Gelation
Self-assembly of functional dyes into extended gel nanostructures can be judiciously manipulated by the use of ultrasound

Energy From Carbon Dioxide
Mixing the CO2 in combustion gases with air is said to be a source of energy with a total annual worldwide capacity of 1570 TWh

Jumping Crystals
Scientists from the United Arab Emirates and Russia examined light-induced jumping crystals by kinematic analysis

Picture Competition 2013
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Organic Chemistry Becomes Multidisciplinary
18th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry (ESOC 2013) sees future trends in close connection to biology, physics, and materials sciences

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