Magnetite nanocrystals with multiple facets show potential as lithium ion battery anode material with high storage capacity

Multifaceted Magnetite Promising for Batteries

Selfcleaning Glass
Spherical nanostructure might make cleaning of eyeglasses and windscreenes a thing of the past

Angewandte Author Profiles December
Robert Mulvey, Xinliang Feng, Rhett Kempe, and Zhang-Jie Shi are interviewed this month

What Makes a Candle Flame?
The different reaction zones of a candle flame and its heat and mass transfer pathways

Unrecognized Reactivity
Unrecognized reactivity of well known analytical reagent Nitron towards carbene trapping reagents

Searching for Xmas Presents?
Still searching for a Christmas present? Editors recommend Christmas presents with a scientific flavor ...

Wonderlab Comic — Conference
Wonderlab is hosting a conference and the attitude of each lab member turns out to be quite revealing

Elements 114 And 116 Named
The IUPAC recommended new proposed names for the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table

This Is Not The End, But The Beginning: The IYC Closing Ceremony
The Closing Ceremony of the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) was held in Brussels, Belgium, on December 1st

ECS-3's Complex Structure Solved
Crystalline hybrid organic–inorganic aluminosilicate with open porosity and one of the most complex structures ever solved by electron diffraction