The 2014 World Cup football Brazuca has five polyurethane layers which make for its uniqueness

Chemistry of Brazuca, the World Cup Football

Recycling CO2 Under Iridium Catalysis
Enantioselective transformation of allyl carbonates into branched allyl carbamates by using amines and recycling CO2 under Ir catalysis

70th Birthday: Joe Richmond
Dr. Joe Pierce Richmond, Germany, celebrates his 70th birthday on June 14, 2014

Angewandte Chemie 25/2014: Surfaces and What's Below
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

A Step Toward Scandium Radiopharmaceuticals
DOTA and its derivatives may be very suitable ligands for scandium radioisotopes for therapy

Schüth New Vice President of Max Planck Society
Professor Ferdi Schüth, Germany, has been elected at the Annual Meeting of the Max Planck Society

Orientated to Communicate
How does the cis or trans orientation of the central metal bridging ligands in mixed valence compounds affect remote electronic communication?

The Biochemistry of Peppers – Part 2
We are only able to taste sweet, bitter, sour, salty, and umami – how do we taste hotness?

Graphene At Your Fingertips
Epitaxial growth of a graphene monolayer is possible by using a human fingerprint as a liquid precursor

Guess the Chemist (30)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?