Measurements of the shell effect in atomic nuclei help understand above which mass extremely heavy artificial elements no longer decay

Long-lived, Superheavy Elements

Supramolecular Photochemistry
Book on controlling photochemical processes is reviewed by Alberto Credi, University di Bologna, Italy

Optical Performance of Amphiphilic Graphene Composites
New graphene composite has an excellent broadband optical limiting response in polar/nonpolar solvents and thin solid films

Angewandte on the iPad
Do you want to read Angewandte on the road or on your sofa? New app allows you to browse Angewandte Chemie on the iPad

Dendrimers—Towards Catalytic, Material and Biomedical Uses
Book on dendrimers and their applications is reviewed by Mauri Kostiainen, Aalto University, Finland

Ranking of Worldwide Research Institutions
The Scimago Institutions Ranking, the SIR World Reports 2012, is the most comprehensive ranking of Worldwide Research Institutions

Reducing Carbon Nanotube Toxicity
Ultrasound is used to carve carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to release toxic metal impurities in a similar way to wind carving the sand hills in a desert

Quasicrysals Originate from Meteorite
So far only natural quasicrystal was found in a rock sample composed in eastern Russia originating from a meteorite that fell to Earth

A. Karyakin Receives Bioelectrochemistry Prize
International Society of Electrochemistry prize awarded to Arkady Karyakin, M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

350th Anniversary: Blaise Pascal's Death
Blaise Pascal contested the idea that nature abhors a vacuum and is the answer to Guess the Chemist (8)