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Probing mercury contamination
02 September 2008
Detecting mercury pollution could become a lot easier, thanks to a new visual technique developed by scientists in China
A Titan discovery
29 August 2008
European researchers step closer to explaining hydrocarbon formation on Saturn's largest moon.
Hot article: E-coli used to help kill cancer
29 August 2008
Scientists from Taiwan have successfully combined E-coli with gold nanoparticles to help fight cancer.
Rewriting the biochemistry textbooks
22 August 2008
Calculations validate alternative to a much-published enzyme mechanism
Knockout nanoparticles fight infection
20 August 2008
Septicaemia causing bacteria take a blow from two different types of antibacterial nanoparticles
Revising the route to a stealthy siderophore
19 August 2008
Surprising result reveals details of potential enzyme target in the fight against anthrax
Sweet smell of success
18 August 2008
German scientists have used an ionic liquid coating on a hydrogenation catalyst to make sweet smelling chemicals
Hot article: Synthesis of amino acid surrogates
14 August 2008
A straightforward route to organophosphorus compounds has been devised by US Scientists.
New twist on protein binding
13 August 2008
A fortuitous discovery has led to a new type of probe for protein interactions that could find use in cellular imaging
Hot article: New synthetic route to oxindoles
07 August 2008
Scientists in Switzerland and the UK have prepared oxindoles in high yield using a new Pd/N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst.
Hot article: Controlling G-quadruplex topology
31 July 2008
German Scientists introduce a new strategy to programme distinct folds into G-quadruplexes.
Shining a light on molecular muscles
30 July 2008
Australian researchers have developed a novel molecular muscle driven by light
Hot article: Blue fluorescent RNA: Tag you're it!
30 July 2008
An aptamer-dye pair has been developed as a fluorescent tag to monitor the RNA transcription process, by scientists in Japan.
Hot article: Arsenic-containing lipids in fish oil
29 July 2008
Scientists have identified a novel group of arsenic-containing compounds in fish oil that may have an unusual biosynthetic origin.
Hot article: Multicolour lights in a single solid
28 July 2008
Chinese researchers have developed multicoloured lights in a single solid as an alternative to traditional tricolour mixing approaches.
Hot Article: New Micro Fuel Cell
15 July 2008
Scientists from Hong Kong have made a micro fuel cell using a zeolite membrane.
Hot article: An element of surprise
09 July 2008
Researchers in Switzerland have developed efficient copper-functionalised dye-sensitized solar cells as an alternative to ruthenium-functionalised systems.
Multifunctional polymers click together
08 July 2008
Side chains of copolymers can now be clicked into place thanks to a new method developed by Dutch researchers
Hot article: One-pot process to isoxazolidines
08 July 2008
US chemists have uncovered a cycloaddition reaction involving a nitrosobenzene and an aryl olefin to afford isoxazolidines in a one-pot procedure.
Hot article: New lipid formulation for gene therapy
08 July 2008
French scientists describe novel helper lipids that facilitate the introduction of foreign DNA into cells.
Hot article: A cascade of products
07 July 2008
UK researchers have developed a cascade reaction strategy, to prepare heterocylic building blocks, using N-heterocyclic carbenes as catalysts.
Hot article: Chemoselective reduction with non-flammable gold catalyst
04 July 2008
Chinese chemists have produced a new heterogeneous catalyst system for transfer hydrogenation with a non-flammable supported gold catalyst.
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