Environmental clean-up, medical diagnosis and chemical analysis could all be done with microdevices powered by bubbles

Microengines Forever Blowing Bubbles

Surprising Enzyme
The enzyme nitrogenase converts nitrogen into ammonia but surprisingly it can also reduce CO to organic compounds

Support For Fuel Cell Catalysts
Fuel cell catalyst based on supported Pt nanoparticles is resistant to CO poisoning and is more active than commercial products

Most Accessed Articles: July 2010
Read the most-accessed ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journal articles for July 2010

Novel Reaction Coupling
Effective coupling of two chemical reactions in one apparatus leads to simultaneously production of hydrogen and ethylene

Heating Up Solar Power
Simultaneously combining the light and heat of solar radiation to generate electricity could double the efficiency of solar cell technology

My Little Green Cactus
Plants that are better chemists than chemists, nanodiamonds and more in this months Chemie in unserer Zeit

Nanoparticular-ly Interesting
Nanoparticles role in catalysis and their function as catalyst supports charted by a review in Chem. Eur. J.

Catalysis at Light Speed!
Laser-induced orientation sheds light on mechanism of C–H bond activation in steam reforming of methane

Chiral Auxillary
The synthesis of octahedral [Ru(bipy)3]2+ complexes in enantiopure form has been achieved through the use of a chiral sulfoxide auxiliary