Extracts and metabolites from the Gingko biloba tree can be used to prevent infestation of apple trees
Protecting an Apple a Day
Put Your 5'-Cap on for Sensitive Detection
Closely related microRNAs can be detected selectively with new 5' quinolone cap
Angewandte Chemie 41/2011: Surprising Ions
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
New Catalyst for Hydrogen Production
Mild but very efficient: new catalytic process extracts hydrogen from bioalcohols
Guidelines for Isotope and Gas Ratios
The terminology and concepts behind the terms for expressing relative differences in stable isotope ratios have been clarified
DECHEMA Student Prizes Awarded
The DECHEMA Student Prizes recognize graduates with outstanding results that completed their studies in a particular short time
Gautam Desiraju New IUCr President
Gautam Desiraju, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has been elected President of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Blocking Ion Channels to Treat Depression
A pharmacologically active antagonist of the two-pore-domain potassium ion channel could help treat depression
Efficient Trifluoromethylation of Alkenes
Copper catalyst and hypervalent iodine give a rare example of general and highly efficient direct trifluoromethylation of terminal olefins
Reverse Engineering Organic Solar Cells
Chemists have studied 9000 copolymer materials to calculate the optimal polymer for making organic photovoltaic solar cells