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Room to Move

Room to Move

Cells behave differently when in 2 D environments, such as Petri dishes, to more natural, 3 D structures such as those in the human body.

Metal Affinity

Metal Affinity

Nanoparticle-based sorbents demonstrate excellent affinity for the separation of heavy metals in contaminated water systems

Carbon Capture

Carbon Capture

Prototype combines solar power and CO2 adsorption to remove CO2 from air and convert it to syngas.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes

The glycoalkaloid tomatine has been shown to inhibit human cancer cells in vitro but its concentration in tomatoes depends on the ripeness.

Invention and Innovation Award

Invention and Innovation Award

Wiley-VCH author and Angew. Chem. Advisory Board member, Carolyn Bertozzi will receive this year's $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.

Hot Spots

Hot Spots

Quantum dots employed to increase solar cell efficiency from the current limit of 30 % to more than 60 %.

Pharaoh Time

Pharaoh Time

Accurate chronology of the kings of ancient Egypt mapped using a radiocarbon analysis of short-lived plant remains from the region.

Mixing Fire and Water

Mixing Fire and Water

Hydrothermolysis of ammonia borane could lead to improved hydrogen storage system for car fuel cells.

Old Haunts Revisited

Old Haunts Revisited

Proposed a biosynthesis of (+)-symbioimine re-examined, resulting in successful intramolecular Diels−Alder (IMDA) cyclization