Supramolecular capsules that control the coordination geometry of a metal could provide new routes to control the reactivity of catalysts

New Strategy for Controlling Catalyst Reactivity

Gold Medal of the CNRS 2011 Awarded
Jules Hoffmann, University of Strasbourg, a pioneer in insect immunity, is awarded the highest scientific distinction in France

Adulterated Herbal Viagra
Men's health products labeled as "potency" pills illegally laced with unlicenced analogs of the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil

Metternich to Head Roche's Small Molecules Research Group
Rainer Metternich to Head Roche's Small Molecules Research Group, Basel, Switzerland

Chemistry, Science, and Our Sustainable Future
Yuan Lee and Andrew Yang, Taiwan, outline a path to putting humanity on sustainable footing in their Angewandte Chemie Editorial

Who's Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Voting Results Friday 23 September
Results for Friday 23 September of predictions for the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

You're Studying What by MALDI-TOFMS!?
M. Wyatt, National Mass Spectrometry Service Centre, UK, looks at why MALDI-TOFMS analysis of organometallic complexes is so uncommon

Alcohol Metabolism Causes DNA Damage
Study using human cells establisheds linkages between alcohol metabolism and acetaldehyde-DNA damage causing cancer

A Nestlike Metallamacrocycle
Largest cluster complex supported by butylsulfonylcalix[4]arene ligands has unusual topology and antiferromagnetic properties

Inexhaustible Supply of H2
Combining reverse-electrodialysis and exoelectrogenic bacteria could provide inexhaustible H2 source while cleaning wastewater