A new model suggests how melanopsin, a non-visual pigment in the eye, responds to blue light and controls our body clock

Slave to the Rhythm

Tetraherz Radiation to Restore Artwork
Terahertz scanners will soon tell restorators quickly and completely non-destructively what is happening with an object of art

Hans Wolfgang Spiess Retires
Hans Wolfgang Spiess has retired from his role as Director of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

Metals on Graphene
Electrochemistry technique gives information on graphene–metal interactions

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Angewandte Chemie 49/2012: Multilayer Chemistry
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Studies on Asteroid Dust Collected by a Spacecraft
For the first time, scientists are studying asteroid dust collected directly from a body in the Solar System

DECHEMA Award for J. Gross
Joachim Gross, Germany, awarded DECHEMA Prize for his work on the thermodynamics of mixtures

Nicholas Turro (1938 – 2012)
Professor Nicholas J. Turro, Columbia University, USA, has passed away

Micro Fuel Cell of Bulk Metallic Glass
A bulk metallic glass micro fuel cell displays advantages over traditional micro fuel cell designs in terms of performance and fabrication