An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 35/2011: In Your Brain

Atmospheric Hydrocarbon Levels Decreasing
Decrease in ethane and slowing of methane production linked to changes in energy use

Gold Nanoparticles Boost Organic Solar Cell Efficiency
A 20 % improvement in the power conversion of organic solar cells can be achieved by incorporating gold nanoparticles

Single Gene Could Increase Biofuel Production
The discovery of a single, key gene could lead to the streamlined production of cheaper biofuels

Optimization of Sugar Recovery from Switchgrass
Extrusion combined with other pretreatment methods resulted in a combined sugar recovery of 88 %

Building Desalination Plants with DeSal Organizer A. Kroiß
Alex Kroiß, organizer of the DeSal Challenge, Munich, Germany, discusses the event and what inspired him to get involved

DeSal Challenge: Team SDS pty
Team SDS pty talk about their improved solar still design for the TUM DeSal Challenge

DeSal Challenge: Team KJ5
Team KJ5 talk about their dual-function design for the TUM DeSal Challenge

DeSal Challenge: Team Ikarus 2.0
Team Ikarus 2.0 talk about their two-step distillation process for the TUM DeSal Challenge

DeSal Challenge: Team Steam
Team Steam, winners of the TUM DeSal Challenge, talk about their tube-within-a-tube design