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Sound approach to drug testing

8 May 2013 Research

Promising compounds may have been abandoned due to errors introduce by pipetting and acoustic dispensing could be the answer

Uk37

20 February 2013 Podcast | Compounds

Josh Howgego looks into the past, with help from some alkenones

Oxytocin

23 January 2013 Podcast | Compounds

Josh Howgego prepares to socialise - and tells us why 'cuddle chemicals' are too good to be true

Spectrometry to the rescue!

15 January 2013 Research

Ion mobility spectrometry could replace sniffer dogs hunting for survivors in the wake of natural disasters

Automatic for the chemist

18 December 2012 Last Retort

How automatic structure elucidation could lead to more creative chemists

Extraordinary tales

9 November 2012 Review

The violinist's thumb

Chemistry behind the ‘blue man’ unlocked

1 November 2012 Research

Biochemical model suggests that silver ions, not nanoparticles, cause a rare skin complaint

Coniine

5 September 2012 Podcast | Compounds

This week's podcast is about coniine

Helping hand for Van Gogh conservators

4 September 2012 Research

Unexpected cadmium salt responsible for ‘grey crust’ on artwork

Sterics skew SN2 reaction

6 June 2012 Research

Evidence emerges that single solvent molecules can drastically influence the mechanism of SN2 reactions

Neuraminic acid

16 May 2012 Podcast | Compounds

This week's podcast is about neuraminic acid

Cyclodextrin

2 May 2012 Podcast | Compounds

This week's podcast is about cyclodextrin

Silicene grown for (probably) the first time

18 April 2012 News Archive

Scientists present the most compelling evidence yet for a one atom-thick sheet of silicon

Muscone

2 February 2012 Podcast | Compounds

This week's podcast is about muscone

Green fluorescent protein

15 December 2011 Podcast | Compounds

This week's podcast is about green fluorescent protein

Odd roads to discovery

21 November 2011 Review

Farmer Buckley's exploding trousers

Science puzzles in pictures

14 November 2011 Review

Why are orangutans orange?

Bombykol

21 September 2011 Podcast | Compounds

This week's podcast is about bombykol

Small molecules open gates to the brain

1 September 2011 News Archive

A new chemical toolbox will help researchers tease out how the brain operates

Graphene memorises data in a flash

31 August 2011 News Archive

A prototype graphene flash memory material is already outperforming its commercial silicon counterparts on data storage

Cosmic rays get ahead in CLOUD

24 August 2011 News Archive

Organic aerosols may play a much more important role in cloud formation that previously thought

Expanded genetic alphabet could spell out new genes

23 August 2011 News Archive

DNA with six, rather than four, bases could be used as the genetic code for synthetic life

Worms modified to express unnatural amino acids

17 August 2011 News Archive

Tiny worms engineered to add unnatural amino acids to their proteins could help uncover disease pathways

Enzyme inspired nickel complex races to produce hydrogen

11 August 2011 News Archive

Catalyst that mimics hydrogenase enzymes turns out hydrogen 10 times faster than its biological counterparts

Calcium ion is the key to plant's water splitting secret

5 August 2011 News Archive

A model of the heart of the photosynthetic complex plants use to split water has provided new insights