An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 6/2012: High Capacity

Synthesis for Your Nerves
Synthesis of sesquiterpenoid related to neurite outgrowth-promoting natural product could improve understanding of neural networks

UK Invests in Graphene
The UK Government has pledged £50 million to set up a national institute for graphene research

Hector Research Award Presented
Professors Hilbert von Löhneysen, Axel Meyer, and Nikolaus Pfanner, receive the Hector Research Award

70th Birthday: Piet van Leeuwen
Piet van Leeuwen's 70th birthday is being celebrated with a special symposium held in his honor

DNA Damage in Plants
First evidence of multiple DNA lesion formation and accumulation in plants caused by copper oxide nanoparticles

LANXESS Expands in India
LANXESS officially took its new high-tech plastics plant in Jhagadia into operation

AkzoNobel Invests €80 Million in Brazil
AkzoNobel's second largest investment in Brazil in the past 12 months will supply new Suzano pulp mill

T. Maschmeyer Receives RACI Award
Thomas Maschmeyer awarded the 2011 Applied Research Medal by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)

Commercialization of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Flexible and cheaper dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)