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

An extended periodic table with 54 predicted elements has been mapped out by Pekka Pyykkö, University of Helsinki, Finland

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

Native-sized spider silk protein successfully expressed for the first time in metabolically engineered Escherichia coli

First step to using CO₂ as a chemical feedstock – theoretical studies reveal mechanism of CO₂ activation by uranium complex

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

Using ionic liquids for biodiesel production overcomes miscibility problem and allows recycling over several cycles

Use of superhalogens as building blocks gives a new class of highly electronegative species: hyperhalogens

New fabrication methods that provide smaller structures and sharper interfaces needed to increase solar cell efficiency

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