Tarantula venom contains an orally active toxin that is highly lethal to insect pests infesting crop

Tarantula Venom Saves the Crop

University World Ranking 2013
Harvard University, USA, remains the number one in the world and a total of 11 universities entered the Top 500 list this year

Who's Next? 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Voting Results Wednesday 25 September
Latest results for the predictions for the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Azobenzene Derivatives Switch Off the Heat
Photoswitchable azobenzene derivatives can be used to optically control TRPV1 channels that mediate the response to noxious heat

Turning to Site B
22-azacholesterol is a novel smoothened inhibitor that acts through an allosteric mechanism

Slovak and Czech Chemists Meet in the High Tatras
A community of Slovak, Czech, Polish, and Austrian chemists met for the fifth time in the High Tatras in Slovakia

Angewandte Chemie 40/2013: Exchanges
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Biofunctionalization of Polymer Surfaces
A new technique for functionalizing cyclic olefin copolymers has been developed by Korean chemists

Chemistry – Element of Life
The Science Forum Chemistry or Wissenschaftsforum, the largest and most important scientific event of the GDCh, took place in Darmstadt

Coffee Protects Against Cancer
Coffee protects against Aflatoxin B1 induced damage to DNA in rats and thus shows anti-cancerogenic effects