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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

Silver-Free Protocol
New route to gold-based catalyst removes need for moisture and light sensitive silver salts

Atmospheric Dioxane Degradation
Mechanism of the radical-initiated oxidation of 1,3-dioxane helps explain the role of ethers in the atmosphere

Soaking Up Synthesis
A 21-step synthesis of (−)-nakadomarin A from the simple starting material D-pyroglutamic acid has been achieved

Angewandte Author Profiles
Helmut Werner, Leroy Cronin, Otto Wolfbeis, and Takuzo Aida, are interviewed this month

Protecting the Sweetness
Protection of amino sugar precursors made easy through a Lewis acid mediated rearrangement

New Pathway to Polymers
Single electron transfer radical coupling reaction opens way to room temperature telechelic polymer synthesis

Embedded Rods
Chitin-silicon dioxide nanocomposite made by self-organization and sol-gel chemistry