Technique for straining out heavy water from a sample of drinking water has been devised by chemists in China

Heavy Water Depletion

Uranium Cleans Up its Act
Water soluble bis(3-hydroxy-N-methylpyridin-2-one) ligands designed for extraction of uranyl cations

Recycling Water with Aquifer Recharge
Quality of water treated using managed aquifer recharge shown to be of near potable quality

Better Desalination with Functional Groups
Desalination techniques could be improved by functionalization of the carbon nanotubes incorporated into membranes

Identification of Heavy-Metals in Wastewater
Colorimetric array based on sol-gel membrane identifies trace metal ions at wastewater discharge concentrations

Happy Birthday Angewandte Chemie!
2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Angewandte Chemie International Edition

M. Bahadir on Sustainable Water Management
Müfit Bahadir speaks about sustainable global water management, student mobility, international cooperations and the Exceed Project

Angewandte Author Profiles
Xiaoming Feng, Laurent Maron, Hsiang-Rong Tseng, and François P. Gabbaï, are interviewed this month

New Route to Bleaching Agent
Production of chlorine dioxide for water treatment and paper bleaching achieved at ambient pressure and temperature

Olive Oil Wastewater Pretreatment with Fe(0)
Fenton and Fenton-type oxidative processes shown to be equally effective for removal of contaminants from olive oil wastewater