An overview of the latest trend report published annually in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, the GDCh magazine
2010 Trends in Solid State Chemistry
Sweet Tasting Cells
Understanding how taste cells respond to sugar could eventually lead to ways to treat overconsumption and perhaps obesity
PROSE Award for Ian Fleming
Wiley author wins 2010 PROSE award for chemistry and physics
Job: Publisher Physics & Commissioning Editor Materials Science
For international book programme Wiley-VCH offers: Publisher Physics; Commissioning Editor Materials Science; Trainee Materials Science/Physics/Chemistry
More Red Wine for the Superconductor
Hot alcoholic beverages such as red wine, sake and shochu can induce superconductivity in iron-based compounds
Tuned Enzymes for Feedstock Production
Extra guest molecule in an enzyme’s binding pocket enables methanol production from methane
Smaller Turbines for Power Stations
Supercritical carbon dioxide cycle turbines promise improvements in efficiency of thermal to electric power conversion
Women in Chemistry — Interview with Uta Wille
Associate Professor Uta Wille, University of Melbourne, Australia, followed a unique career path from atmospheric to organic chemistry, from Germany to Australia
Click Chemistry is Degrading Polymers
Azido polycarbonates with potential medical applications can be prepared and functionalized using the tools of "click chemistry"
Regulating Growth Without Toxicity
New growth inhibitors shown to be more effective in plants and less toxic to humans and the environment