Pioneering researcher in instrumental analytical chemistry and electrochemistry passed away

Magda Ariel (1924 – 2021)

How Does Information Processing Work in the Human Brain?
Research cooperation of Merck and Transylvanian Institute of Neuroscience on brain-inspired artificial intelligence

New Series of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Benzo‐fused perylene oligomers with up to 13 linearly annulated rings

Fast Path to Spherical Nucleic Acids
Nanoparticles functionalized with a high density of DNA strands

Rapid Synthesis of Thiophosphate Superionic Conductors
Synthesis time reduced from over a day to hours

Sir William Henry Perkin (1838 – 1907)
British chemist and entrepreneur, discoverer of the first synthetic organic dye and the Perkin reaction for the production of cinnamic acid and coumarin

New Synthetic Route to Tenofovir
Antiviral drug prepared using di-tert-butyl phosphite

Screening for Macrocyclic Peptides
Dimeric cyclic peptides are potent modulators of ubiquitin, an apoptosis regulator

First Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Calixanthomycin A
Modular synthetic route allowed determination of absolute configuration

Heusler Alloys in the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Electrocatalysts synthesized via an arc‐melting method