Inorganic chemist celebrates 80th birthday

80th Birthday: Karl O. Christe

Better Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Bare cobalt oxide porous nanostructures have high capacities

100th Anniversary: Death of Sir William Ramsay
Discoverer of noble gases and Chemistry Nobel Laureate

Anti-Aging Secret
A substance found in pomegranate fruit proved an effective anti-aging agent

Water and n-Butyllithium Together At Last
Cycloaddition of nitrone ylides with aldehydes using catalytic amounts of nBuLi

Silicone Keeps Laundry Soft and Fresh
A silicone derivative of Evonik keeps laundry softer and enhances its fresh smell even two weeks after washing

Improved Catalyst for Hydrogen Production
Engineering water dissociation sites by doping molybdenum disulfide

A Milder Way to SCF3 Incorporation
Perfluoroalkylthiolation of alkynes under mild, base-free conditions

What Makes a Good Photoanode?
For photoanodes produced from WO3 nanopowders, the generated photocurrent is not necessarily linked to oxygen evolution

Seaweed Instead of Salt
Can algae be processed industrially as a salt substitute?