Saffron’s volatile oil safranal decreases retinal degeneration in animal models of retinitis pigmentosa

Tris(triazolo)benzene and its derivatives are thermally stable and have moderate to good detonation properties

The Arnold Eucken Prize of the VDI-GVC has been awarded to Dr. Niels Hansen, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

The Encode Project, successor of the Human Genome Project, reveals biological functions of about 80 % of the DNA

New vaporization technique can help analytical chemists detect toxic heavy metal cadmium even at very low concentrations

An newly developed aminonaphthalimide derivative is a selective probe for palladium(II) ions

Theoretical study of polymeric triazoles reveals that stretching these molecules mechanically can lead to ring-opening and dissociation reactions

Tthe concept of viral research areas and "Black Swan events", using the example of organic synthesis

Chiral carbon centers can be formed mechanochemically by using just a pestle and mortar

Drinking green tea might be an efficient prevention against neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia