Looking back and summarizing the International Year of Chemistry 2011

The IYC 2011 – Overview

Nanosensors Replace Animal Experiments
Sensor nanoparticles might reduce the need for animal testing

Boyle’s Law: 350th Anniversary
This year marks the 350th anniversary of the publication of Boyle’s law which describes how the pressure and volume of a gas are related

Women in Chemistry — IYC Interview Series
ChemistryViews introduces interesting women throughout the International Year of Chemistry

A. Teasdale on Genotoxic Impurities in Drugs
Andrew Teasdale, AstraZeneca, talks about his book on genotoxic impurities and what constitutes an acceptable drug risk

Angewandte Author Profiles January
Hansjörg Grützmacher, Aiwen Lei, Nicolai Cramer, and Herbert Mayr are interviewed this month

Fluorescence-Enhanced Detection of Nucleic Acids
Zeolitic imidazolate framework nanoparticles; very effective fluorescent sensing platform for detection of nucleic acid sequences

New IUPAC President
Professor Kazuyuki Tatsumi, Nagoya University, Japan, takes over the role of President of IUPAC

Cholesterol Sludge
Statistical mechanics provids new insights into behavior of cholesterol/phospholipid mixtures in cell membranes

Better Biomass
Energy and cost of torrefied biomass analyzed