Rare astronomical event, expected once in 100 million years, attributed to a star being ripped apart by a black hole

Black Hole Swallows Star

Angewandte Chemie 26/2011: Up She Goes
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Pirouetting Particles in Turbulent Flow
Particles in vortices in turbulent flow shown to change speed and shape like an ice-skater performing a pirouette

Fuel Cells' Noble Cause
New design principle for finding fuel-cell catalysts could help preclude the need for expensive noble metals

Subtle Ionic Liquids
Understanding the balance of bonds that dictate the behavior of ionic liquids holds the promise of exploiting them further

Job: Senior Carbohydrate Scientist
Senior Carbohydrate Scientist at EcoSynthetix Inc., Canada

Materials that Dance to an Electrical Tune
A material with electrically tunable strength and flow stress has been developed with applications in construction, and medicine

Natural Detergent for Metal Extraction
Natural surfactant, surfactin, extracts ferric ions from ion mixtures mimicking spent nuclear fuel

Angewandte Chemie 25/2011: Useful Reactions
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Rechargeable Sodium Ion Batteries
New method to make sodium ion-based battery cells could lead to better, cheaper batteries for the electrical grid