Reactant that changes color enables detection of nerve-agent mimics and identification of the nerve gas

Chemical Weapon Threat Detector

Bee Venom Helps Detect Explosives
Bee venom helps researchers create detector sensitive enough to detect a single molecule of an explosive such as TNT

Getting to the Core of the Problem
Stereoselective construction of the tricyclic core of marine norditerpinoid brings total synthesis of anticancer compounds closer

Chiral Control Condundrum
Important development in the preparation of functional mesostructures with controlled chirality made by European research team

New MOF for CO2 Capture
The first rigid metal-organic framework made from a flexible amine shows high potential for CO2 capture and storage

Double Detection
Device that couples optical and electrochemical detection illuminates how vesicles deliver compounds to and from cells

Healthy Tea and Coffee
New evidence that caffeine is a healthful antioxidant; shedding light on how caffeine interacts with free radicals

Angewandte Author Profiles May
Kilian Muñiz, Anthony K. Cheetham, Luis M. Liz-Marzán, and Helmuth Möhwald, are interviewed this month

Angewandte Chemie 21/2011 – The Worm that Turned
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The Smaller the Better for Targeted Delivery
Nanoparticles smaller than those generally used for drug delivery show improved targeting and retention in tumors