Korean scientists developed a new compound that inhibits cancer metastasis in a selective manner

A Drug to Fight Metastasis Selectively

Frederick Sanger (1918 – 2013)
Frederick Sanger, only person who has been awarded two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, passed away yesterday

The Falling Walls Conference
The tremendous possibilities arising for mankind were presented in a single day

Simplified Immunity
Synthetic diacylsulfoglycolipids are considered as potential subunit vaccines against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

75th Anniversary: Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was first synthesized November 16, 1938, by Albert Hofmann

BASF-DECHEMA Alwin Mittasch Special Prize
Professor Pierre Jacobs, KU Leuven, Belgium, was awarded the BASF-DECHEMA Alwin Mittasch Special Prize

Are We Refereeing Ourselves to Death? The Peer-Review System at Its Limit
As François Diederich's term of Chairman of the board of Angewandte Chemie comes to an end, he reflects on the peer-review system

Boosting Broccoli Power
The plant hormone methyl jasmonate can be used to increase broccoli's antitumoral properties

Heinrich Wieland Prize 2014
The Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation invites nominations for the Heinrich Wieland Prize (News by Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation)

Detection of Phosphorus in Ice
A new method for the detection of DRP in ice cores has successfully been implemented on a shallow firn core from Greenland