The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for February 2011

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Simple, non-toxic, efficient and cyanide-free protocol for the cyanation of aryl halides uses formamide as a cyanide source

20 % EU greenhouse gas reduction policy best way forwardaccording to Cefic

Minced banana peels could be used to treat water discharged from mining processes, farms, and industrial wastes

Solar cells could be more affordable and efficient if made with new method that employs an ultrafast pulsing laser

Using proteins as a carbon source for energy production and biorefining could be possible with engineered microbial cells

The ambient fixation of carbon dioxide can be achieved by converting it to cyclic carbonates with a ZnIIsalphen catalyst

Extra guest molecule in an enzyme’s binding pocket enables methanol production from methane

You might one day power your mp3 player or smart phone by simply pouring in a sugary drink, thanks to biofuel cells research