K. C. Nicolaou, Scripps Research Institute, CA, USA, has been awarded top Cypriot science prize

K. C. Nicolaou Awarded

Switchable Cavitands
Conditions for switching between vase and kite conformations have been determined in dye-labeled cavitands

New Periodic Table
An extended periodic table with 54 predicted elements has been mapped out by Pekka Pyykkö, University of Helsinki, Finland

In-line Improvement
Going with the flow: in-line analysis of a continuous flow reaction sequence is achieved

Green Carbon Center
Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, think tank will strategize on environmentally sound policies on oil, gas, coal

Toxic Color Test
A new lab-on-a-chip sensor array – little bigger than a business card can – detect toxic industrial chemicals at low cost and low concentrations

Nagoya Silver Medal Special Issue
The 11 Silver Medal winners from 1999 to 2009 represent the ‘crème de la crème’ of modern Japanese organic chemistry

See Hidden Fingerprints
Fingerprints that have been washed off metal surfaces can now be retrieved

New EuCheMS President
The EuCheMS elected Ulrich Schubert, Vienna University of Technology, member of the Austrian chemical society, as their new president

Mass Production of Spider Silk
Native-sized spider silk protein successfully expressed for the first time in metabolically engineered Escherichia coli