News from across RSC Publishing.
Issue 12
Instant Insight
Instant insight: Mutants make more
13 November 2007
Andreas Kirschning explains how genetically modified microbes offer a short-cut to valuable derivatives of natural products
Interview
Interview: Relatively challenging
09 November 2007
Pekka Pyykkö talks to Caroline Moore about relativistic effects and the thrill of theoretical chemistry
Research Highlights
Pesticide persists in German rivers
15 November 2007
The pesticide terbutryn still contaminates tributaries of the Rhine, despite having been banned in 2003
Catalysis in a cavity
08 November 2007
Chemists in the US have created a molecular vase that mimics an enzyme's catalytic activity
Water - not just a solvent
31 October 2007
Water-soluble ligands speed up coupling reaction with less catalyst
Dynamic polymers show their true colours
29 October 2007
Monomers swap bonds to create new polymer when heated.
The changing colour of gold
21 November 2007
DNA and gold nanoparticles provide a more sensitive way to detect copper ions in nature
Solid state NMR technique takes on Taxol
05 November 2007
US scientists have developed a new technique for investigating the biologically active forms of the anticancer drug Taxol
From plant oils to polymers
23 November 2007
An efficient catalytic approach turns plant oils into precursors for polymers and detergents with very little waste, say chemists in Germany
Big science for small sensors
26 November 2007
Lab-on-a-chip-sized ion sensors could be made more reliable thanks to work from Australia and Switzerland
Essential Elements
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Tokeshi wins Pioneers in Miniaturisation prize
Manabu Tokeshi has been named as the 2007 winner of the Pioneers in Miniaturisation prize.
Molecular BioSystems unzips...
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