Study of trace metals in blood samples from vegetarians and omnivores reveals how gender and diet influence metal's accumulation

Vegetarian Isotopes

Easy Synthesis of Trisaccharides
Synthesis of trisaccharides by Hetero-Diels–Alder welding of two monosaccharide units

Catalysis Award for Bert Weckhuysen
Professor B. Weckhuysen, the Netherlands, has received the International Catalysis Award for his work on heterogeneous catalysts

Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) Exposure Among School Children
Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) levels analyzed in blood collected from 7-year old Mexican-American children

Pentagon Fusion
Chlorine substitution stabilizes an unusual C64 fullerene with three adjacent pentagon units

Remarkable Adsorption Selectivity in MOFs
The material Co-MOF-74 reported to exhibit record selectivity for absorption of propene over propane for any MOF described to date

Science Award Electrochemistry
BASF SE and Volkswagen AG to fund excellent scientific research in electrochemistry in the faculties of chemistry, physics and engineering

Halogen Control for Bromolactonizations
Bifunctional catalyst can generate lactones with new carbon-bromine bonds with high enantioselectivity for natural product synthesis

At Least 60 Years of Ferrocene
An Essay by Helmut Werner in Angewandte Chemie outlines the discovery of sandwich complexes

New Process for Menthol Production
BASF will be putting the world's largest production plant for nature-identical menthol into operation in summer 2012