Inexpensive hydrochloric acid is promising for low-cost electrochemical chlorination

Cheaper Chlorination of Organic Compounds

Flexible Thin-Film Solar Cells
Flexible solid-state DSSCs on polymer substrates made

Promiscuous Base
DNA-templated synthesis method allows construction of an entire DNA-encoded library with a single DNA template

Uranium Sandwiches!
Unusual reactivity of a uranium–arene inverted sandwich complex toward potassium ions

Switching Catalysts for Choosing Products
Organic bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)methyl-based catalysts prove versatile for selecting aldol or olefination products

A Drug to Fight Metastasis Selectively
Korean scientists developed a new compound that inhibits cancer metastasis in a selective manner

Otto Hahn Prize 2013
Ferenc Krausz, Germany, has been awarded the Otto Hahn Prize 2013 for his work on attosecond physics

Prakash Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Prakash, India, awarded from the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) and Food ingredients (Fi) Europe

Into the Ether
A general, metal-free route to produce aryl ethers by using diaryliodonium salts has been developed

Supramolecular Catalysts from Simple Components
Magnesium/BINOL supramolecular catalysts made for phosphorus addition, Mannich-type, and hetero Diels-Alder reactions