New spectrochemical analysis of naturally aged paper reveals normally unavailable information on the cellulose degradation by-products

How Does Paper Age?

Double-clicking on Nanoparticles
A click chemistry approach to consecutively functionalize nanoparticle surfaces by using the thiol-yne reaction

Experiment!: Planning, Implementing and Interpreting
Book said to allow getting new research done that you can publish, quicker and smarter. … it's a clearly written, intelligent guide

New Type of Water Splitting Catalyst
A modified, d0-type tantalum-oxynitride photocatalyst has been used to promote water splitting using only visible light

Spinoza Prize to Bert Weckhuysen
The NWO Spinoza Prize is the highest Dutch award in science

Organolithium Cross-Coupling
Practical method for the fast and highly selective direct cross-coupling of organolithium reagents has been developed

Easy Demetalation of Porphyrins
A simple, mild, methodology for the transformation of nickel porphyrins to the corresponding free-base porphyrins

Most Accessed Articles: May 2013
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for May 2013

Science on the Market: What Does Competition Do to Research?
Michael Hampe, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, argues that scientists should not oversell their work in the pursuit of competitive funding

Magnetic Protein Microcapsules for Targeted Delivery
Protein microcapsules with iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles embedded in the shells as potential drug-delivery carriers