Voluntary exercise and green tea enhance the expression of genes related to energy utilization

Green Tea Enhances Weight Loss

Angewandte Chemie 6/2014: Full of Energy
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Mauveine – A Chemical Icon
If you want to see mauveine, the first commercial synthetic chemical dye, look for Victorian lilac postage stamps

Synthesis of Carolacton
A synthetic route for carolacton, a compound active against a bacterium that causes tooth decay, has been developed

Battery Materials R&D and Application Center
BASF starts Research and Development Laboratory and Application Technology Center for Battery Materials in Amagasaki, Japan

Navigating the Channels of Total Synthesis
Total synthesis of chiriquitoxin, isolated from the skin of a dart frog

The Fall of Ikaros: Not Just a Myth
Two independent studies reveal how the thalidomide derivative lenalidomide works against multiple myeloma

The sp2 Graphene Selection
Selective defunctionalization of epoxides on graphene oxide by using proven synthetic chemistry

Cross-Coupling of Heteroarenes by C–H Functionalization
Transition metal-catalyzed direct inter- and intramolecular (hetero)arylation reactions of heteroarenes containing one heteroatom

Elastic Halogen Bonds
Plastic and elastic deformation in molecular crystals can be explained on the basis of halogen bonding