An omnipresent yet scarce and vital raw material

Scarcity of Sand

New Synthetic Source of Scarce Anticancer Drug
Total synthesis provides a reliable supply of marine macrolide Mandelalide A

Forecast of European Chemical Production
European chemical industry forecasts 1 % growth for 2016

Angewandte Chemie 2/2016: Power Up
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Investment in High-Performance Compounds
LANXESS doubles high-performance plastics production capacity in North America; investment of around USD 15 million

New State of Hydrogen
High-pressure experiment produced the first precursor of a metallic atomic hydrogen-state

Chemistry Goes Viral
Using chemical techniques on viruses leads to advanced drug delivery systems

Solar Thermal Fuels for Heat Release Applications
For the first time a macroscopic energy release is demonstrated for solid-state solar thermal fuels

Writing With a Bubble Pen
Bubble-pen nanolithography produces precise patterns of nanoparticles on a plasmonic substrate

Most Active Nanozyme
Highest nanozyme oxidase activity reported for a remarkable MnFe2O4 nanooctahedron morphology