An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 20/2011: Fireworks

Alzheimer, Dementia, Overweight and Obesity
Being overweight in midlife might increase chance of dementia later

Bacteria Fear Garlic
How does garlic destroy bacteria?

Low-Cost H2 Producing Catalyst
Cheap, abundant alternative to expensive platinum catalysts coupled with light-absorbing electrodes splits water for H2 fuel

Roald Hoffmann Awarded
Nobel laureate Professor Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University, NY, USA, receives the Otto Warburg Medal

Linde Expands in China
Linde builds large hydrogen and synthesis gas plant in China

Hydroboration with Copper Catalyst
Hydroboration of challenging beta-substituted vinylarene substrates can be efficiently performed with copper catalyst with high selectivies

DSM Elastomers Goes To LANXESS
DSM completes sale of DSM Elastomers to LANXESS

Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prizes 2011
Recognition and incentive for early career researchers goes to six researchers; remarkably young prize winners

DFG Establishes 13 New Priority Programmes
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschft (DFG) establishes priority programmes leveraging scientific expertise in Germany and further afield