Human knowledge growing faster than the world population and the unpredictability of science make future of mankind brighter

Apocalypse Versus Chemistry

More Flexible Electric Vehicle
New kind of range extender for electric cars

Red Light for Breast Cancer Metastasis
Sipholenol analogues revealed as novel scaffolds for drugs that inhibit breast cancer cell migration and invasion

Improved Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalyst
A doubly doped, few layered graphene oxide catalyst shows increased activity for the oxygen reduction reaction

Sensing Danger for an Active Immune Response
cGAMP synthase senses microbic DNA molecules and acts as an alarm signal which activates immune defenses

Plaque to the Future
Dental plaque scraped from the teeth of paleolithic human remains analyzed to reveal how oral microbes have changed over time

Angewandte Chemie 9/2013: A Radio Star
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Sudden Cardiac Death
Holiday overindulgence and catecholamines resulting from stress or excitement can can trigger arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death

Improved Catalysis for Styrene Synthesis
Direct gas phase ozonation utilized to modify properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes used as catalysts in the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethyl benzene to styrene

Rapid Changes in the Arctic Ecosystem
When the ice melts, huge quantities of algae growing on the underside of sea ice in the Central Arctic sink rapidly to the bottom of the sea