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

New Coat for Golden Rods

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

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

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

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