April 2007

Hot Article: The mystery of mauve
20 April 2007
Two new compounds have been identified in an original sample of Perkin's mauveine dye.

Hot Article: Forming clusters with open arms
23 April 2007
Rationally designed smart nanomaterials could be a step closer thanks to Chinese chemists.

Hot Article: RNA on ice
23 April 2007
Evidence has been uncovered suggesting that the earliest forms of life may have benefited from the frozen environment of the polar regions.

Hot Article: Iron taxis
25 April 2007
Researchers investigate the role of the protein frataxin in iron transport in the body.

Hot Article: Making functionalised macrocycles
27 April 2007
A porphyrazine macrocycle with eight peripheral cyano groups has been made for the first time by researchers in Russia.

Hot Article: Carrier molecules
27 April 2007
Scientists design prodigiosin mimics that efficiently co-transport HCl across a membrane.

Hot Article: Smart gels
27 April 2007
A titanocene gelator that is able to gelate a variety of solvents of different polarity has been made.

