The glycoalkaloid tomatine has been shown to inhibit human cancer cells in vitro but its concentration in tomatoes depends on the ripeness.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Invention and Innovation Award
Wiley-VCH author and Angew. Chem. Advisory Board member, Carolyn Bertozzi will receive this year's $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.

Loosening the Purse Strings
The EU will add EUR 40 million to its contribution to the international Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) program.

Angew. Chem. 27/2010: Communication Matters
Overview on the current issue of the Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Secret of Herpesviruses Revealed
Histine modifications allow the Kaposi Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) to switch between latent and active states.

Dot Products
Enzymatic generation of quantum dots could lead to news ways of analyzing milk by fluorescence spectroscopy.

Cell By Cell
Manipulation of nanowires could lead to delivery of molecular doses of biologically active chemicals to individual cells.

Prebiotic Soup
Guanine, adenine, and hypoxanthine can be produced at lower temperatures than previously reported thanks to UV photons.

Georg Schwedt Awarded Prize
GDCh award prizes to authors who communicate an understanding of chemistry to the general public.

Love At First Sniff
Male mouse pheromone not only attracts mates but stimulates the female brain so as to reinforce the memory and attractiveness of the male.