Silver N-heterocyclic carbenes are promising candidates for new topical antibacterial drugs due to high activity against resistant S. aureus

Treating Resistant Infections with Silver

New Frozen Smoke Material
New, ultra-light form of "frozen smoke" — renowned as the world's lightest solid material — with amazing strength and an incredibly large surface area

Angewandte Chemie 3/2011 – Natural Inspiration
Overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Atmosphere Less Sensitive to Pollutants?
Earth's atmosphere seems less sensitive to pollutants than previously thought: concentration of pollutant-degrading hydroxyl radicals remains stable worldwide

Experience New On-Screen Journal Browsing
Selected Wiley-VCH chemistry journals now available for browsing on screen

Thirdhand Smoke — Big Health Hazard
Nicotine interacts with ozone, in indoor air, to form potentially toxic pollutants on surfaces like cellulose, cotton, and paper

Intelligent Metal-Storage Nanocapsules
New metal-storage nanocapsules created from self-assembly of dendrimers with soft aliphatic units

Modifying Titania Disinfectants with Silica
Technique to make common disinfectant, TiO2, three times more effective is quick, simple, and cheap

Solvent-Free Sugar Anomers
The puzzle of how, why or even if, sugars change shape has been solved by studying anomeric effect under solvent-free conditions

Historic Contract for Korea
Samsung Engineering, first Korean contractor to enter US plant market, signed contract for chlor-alkali plant with Dow-Mitsui Chlor-Alkali LLC