Chip-based method for the rapid, sensitive isolation of rare cells in blood

A green pigment often lends an odd sheen to nitrite-cured meat products. US chemists have now obtained its crystal structure

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for January 2012

New insights into the way mammalian sirtuin proteins function could offer a clearer understanding of the aging process

Overview of the chemical synthesis of cardiotonic steroid glycosides – recently neglected, but promising field

Hugh Aldersey-Williams' book, Periodic Tales – A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc, is reviewed by Matthias Driess

Two-step chemical mechanism proposed for ribosome-catalysed peptide bond formation

Biotechnologically relevant class of enzymes synthesized

Bioethanol distillery wastewater treated by using thermophilic microbial fuel cells (MFCs)