Ionic liquids can be used to cut greenhouse gas emissions in an example of green chemistry

The Forgotten Greenhouse Gas

Nuclear Meltdown
General facts on a nuclear meltdown

Hollywood Chemistry
And the Winner for the Most Accurate Science in a Movie or TV series goes to …

David Y. Gin (1967 – 2011)
Professor David Y. Gin, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, USA, passed away last week

Winner of the Second iPad
Dr. H. Raaijmakers, Cosun Food Technology Centre, The Netherlands, is the January winner of the Win an iPad campaign

Multitarget Drugs against Prion Diseases
Hybrid lipoic acid derivatives attack prion disease on multiple fronts suggesting possible targets for treatment

Gernot Boche (1938 – 2011)
Gernot Boche, Professor Emeritus University of Marburg, Germany, passed away last week

Sorted Building Blocks
Synthesis of stereogradient poly(propylene carbonate) by stereo- and enantioselective copolymerization of propylene oxide with CO2

How Do Nuclear Plants Work?
General introduction in how nuclear plants work

Tough Crystal Nut Cracked
Correct prediction of all three known crystal structures of a sulfonimide