An optimal plant combines the versatility of batch vessels with the safety, reproducibility, and high transport capabilities of continuous-flow micro-structured equipment

Future Production Concepts in the Chemical Industry

New Method for Imaging Bacterial Communication
New fluorescent-labeling agent for quorum sensing receptors could help understand bacteria–host communication pathways

Improving Memory
American scientists discovered a novel symmetric bis-glycolamide which improves long-term memory

Enantioselective Organometallic Enzyme Hybrid (OMEH) Catalysts
Metal-conjugated affinity labels used to selectively position catalytically active metal centers in the binding pocket of proteases

A New Class of Insecticides?
American scientists developed a chemical which kills mosquitoes by blocking their renal function

Improving the Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Combining Förster resonance energy transfer with quantum dots has resulted in solar cells with exceptional efficiency

New Smart Supramolecular Gels
New class of cholesterol-appended alkynylplatinum(II) complexes shows great versatility to respond to external stimuli

Algae Oil As Feedstock For Producing Renewable Fuel
Neste Oil signs an algae oil off-take agreement with Cellana

Natural Products from St. John's Wort
Enatiomers (−)-hyperione A and (−)-hyperione B can be synthesised from a common precursor in ten steps

Preventing Dangerous Liaisons
A new peptidomimetic inhibits prostate cancer’s growth by preventing the androgen receptor from binding to its cofactor