China’s chemical industry needs to do more to address challenges it faces building public trust over pollution and chemical health concerns
Chinese Chemical Industry Cares About Public Perception
Restrict DNA Freedom with PNA for White Light
Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) restricts the conformations of arranged chromophores on a DNA strand and improves its photophysical properties
Joji Sakurai: First Chemistry Professor at Tokyo University
Joji Sakurai was the first Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Tokyo University and is the answer to Guess the Chemist (9)
Rhenium-Centric Reverse Turn Mimics
Re complex provides access to reverse-turn mimics for diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals
First Large Scale Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)
First integrated CCS of coal-fired power plant emissions begins with 500 t/day
The Galilean Thermometer – Really Galilean?
The Galilean Thermometer is based on the temperature-dependence of the density of a liquid, visualized by floating glass spheres
A Diet Against Autism
Forms of autism associated with BCKDK mutations might benefit from a diet supplemented with branched chain aminoacids
Wilhelm Klemm Prize for F. Schüth
Ferdi Schüth, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany, awarded GDCh prize for work on inorganic chemistry
Selective and Sustainable Route to Amides
Recyclable Nafion-supported ruthenium catalyst is selective for hydration of nitriles to amides
Mysterious Degradation of Van Gogh Painting
X-ray analysis reveals why parts of the Van Gogh painting "Flowers in a blue vase" have changed color over time