News from across RSC Publishing.
Issue 6
Instant Insight
Instant insight: In from the cold
03 May 2007
Bill Baker extols the virtues of cold-water marine natural products and considers their future prospects.
Interview
Interview: The crystal ball game
24 May 2007
Is polymorphism crystal clear? Nicola Nugent asks Ashwini Nangia.
Research Highlights
Something in the water
18 May 2007
How much cocaine is going up Dublin's nose? The answer lies in the output from the city's wastewater treatment plants.
Revealing the mysteries of mauve
01 May 2007
Two new compounds have been identified in an original sample of Perkin's mauveine dye.
Double ion carriers offer drug lead
14 May 2007
Synthetic molecules that can simultaneously transport two different ions across a membrane could lead to a new class of drugs.
Pores for thought
02 May 2007
Researchers in Switzerland have made artificial membrane pores that can recognise nucleotides.
New cancer therapy within reach
22 May 2007
Radiopharmacueticals reach their target with shorter arms.
Nanobombs away!
04 May 2007
A porous silicon nanobomb that heats up with near-infrared irradiation could cause cancer cells in the body to explode.
Fluid approach to 3D microstructures
10 May 2007
US scientists have developed a cheaper and quicker way of making three-dimensional microstructures.
Golden glue
29 May 2007
Theoretical chemists predict that gold atoms could serve as a versatile glue to stick molecules together.
Growing particles from the inside out
16 May 2007
Gold particles have been grown inside silica nanoshells in an inside out approach to synthesis.
Metal centre holds key to gas reduction
15 May 2007
Removal of nitrogen oxides from car exhaust fumes continues to be a challenge for environmental scientists.
Selenium flowers and walnuts
09 May 2007
Flowers and walnuts are just some of the shapes scientists in China have made in a technique developed for making selenium microstructures.
Essential Elements
Pioneering RSC work on RSS feeds
RSC Publishing enhances RSS feeds with structured subject and compound information.
Books on chemistry in industry
The highly successful Biomolecular Sciences Book Series now includes seven titles that provide an authoritative insight to research at the chemistry-biology interface.
Research from across four institutions, in two countries, and involving eight researchers has become the first RSC Open Science paper.
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