A temperature-dependent color change in a macrocyclic cyclotetraazocarbazole has led to the development of a new logical molecule

Logical Color Change

Choosing the Right Basis Set
The right choice of the basis set in quantum chemical calculations has a huge impact on the quality of the results

Chemistry in France: A Hotbed for New Schools of Thought
A. Fuchs, President and CEO of the CNRS, the largest fundamental research organization in Europe, looks on successfull research traditions

Wonderlab Comic – Application Season
With stiff competition for Ph.D. positions, mediocre student Jin-Jo is advised by his Wonderlab colleagues to get his application in early

Slave to the Rhythm
A new model suggests how melanopsin, a non-visual pigment in the eye, responds to blue light and controls our body clock

Tetraherz Radiation to Restore Artwork
Terahertz scanners will soon tell restorators quickly and completely non-destructively what is happening with an object of art

Hans Wolfgang Spiess Retires
Hans Wolfgang Spiess has retired from his role as Director of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

Metals on Graphene
Electrochemistry technique gives information on graphene–metal interactions

Angewandte Chemie 49/2012: Multilayer Chemistry
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Studies on Asteroid Dust Collected by a Spacecraft
For the first time, scientists are studying asteroid dust collected directly from a body in the Solar System