Quantum chemists hope to provide greater insights into areas as diverse as magnetic devices and metabolic processes in the human body

The Challenges of Accounting for Spin-States of Molecules

CO2 as a Carbon Source?
Homogeneous catalysis: ruthenium phosphine complex hydrogenates carbon dioxide to make methanol

Magnetizing Diagnostics
Magnetic Gram staining allows for the class-specific, automated, magnetic detection and separation of bacteria

Sports Supplement Origin: Synthetic vs. Natural
Stimulant marketed as “natural” in sports supplements is actually of synthetic origin according to isotope study

Society Journals Leading the Pack
Comparing the 2011 ISI Impact Factors of ChemPubSoc Europe, RSC, and ACS journals

15th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC 2012)
Large international conference focussed on most recent progress in catalysis research and development

Fundamentals of Organometallic Catalysis
Textbook aimed at undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students is reviewed by Piet van Leeuwen, Spain

Ernesto Fattorusso (1937 – 2012)
Professor Ernesto Fattorusso, University of Naples, Italy, passed away on July 7, 2012

2011 Impact Factors of ChemPubSoc Europe Journals
2011 ISI Impact Factors: 100 % of journals in multidisciplinary category amongst top 20 journals

Secret of “Fetid Fluorite” Aired
Elemental fluorine F2 detected for the first time in a natural mineral