Cobalt complex catalyzes hydrogenation of CO2 and bicarbonates with highest activity of any non-precious-metal catalyst

Highest Activity for CO2 Hydrogenation

New Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academician is the highest academic title conferred on Chinese scientists and experts working in scientific and technological fields

New Coat for Golden Rods
New pretreatment process delivers biocompatible, stable gold nanorods for tumor treatment

Fundamental Research Needs Excellent Scientists and its Own Space
Helmut Schwarz and Daniela Kneißl outline the requirements for excellent fundamental research

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

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

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

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