Valentine's chemistry

In the round-up of German pieces published this month, we have Maya art works, arsenate eaters, disordered proteins and some seasonal musings on the chemistry of Valentine's day:

Nanopartikel zur Rettung von Maya-Kulturschätzen
Chemie in unserer Zeit
Volume 45, Issue 1, page 6, Februar 2011
DOI: 10.1002/ciuz.201190013
abstract and restricted access to PDF file

Arsenat-Verwerter: anders oder nur angepasst?
Chemie in unserer Zeit
Volume 45, Issue 1, page 9, Februar 2011
DOI: 10.1002/ciuz.201190018
abstract and restricted access to PDF file

Unordentliche Proteine
Nachrichten aus der Chemie 59, 133-4
(feature on intrinsically disordered proteins, some thoughts on this available in English here)

Valentins-Chemie
Nachrichten aus der Chemie 59, 111
(an eternal favourite, also see Cupid's chemistry)



A nicely ordered folding pattern I saw at Barcelona, while attending the conference on intrinsically disordered proteins. (Passeig de Gracia No 83, the Suites Avenue hotel, designed by architect Toyo Ito.)