A magazine providing a snapshot of the latest developments across the chemical sciences.
Issue 2
Research Highlights
Batch synthesis of DNA
19 January 2007
Scientists in California have constructed a microfluidic device that can synthesise DNA with excellent efficiency.
Amino acids in space
10 January 2007
Complex biomolecules could be produced by low-energy electrons on icy dust particles in space.
Cleaner, safer synthesis
04 January 2007
Replacing toxic heavy metals with hypervalent iodine could be music to the ears of synthetic chemists.
Shedding light on pi-conjugation
03 January 2007
Designing molecules with tailored photochemical properties could be possible thanks to computational chemists in Germany.
Ramadan fasting alters arsenic metabolism
08 January 2007
The way arsenic is excreted from the body changes during periods of fasting.
Less elbow grease, more science
17 January 2007
Kitchen surfaces that require hardly any cleaning might sound like a pipedream, but UK-based scientists have made surface coatings that could mean just that.
A trans-fat-free future
09 January 2007
A healthier alternative to artery-clogging trans fats has been developed by food scientists.
Gallium forms new relationships
11 January 2007
Bonds between gallium and two different alkaline earth metals have been formed for the first time by scientists in Germany.
Cagey fluorinated fullerene
16 January 2007
The structure of a fluorinated fullerene was wrong all along, chemists have discovered.
Staying switched on
05 January 2007
A supramolecular switch that can remember whether it is switched on has been developed by US scientists.
A designer protein coat for polymer nanoparticles
22 January 2007
Dutch scientists can tune the size of protein-coated polymer nanoparticles for drug delivery applications.
Candidates for lithium-ion batteries apply here
24 January 2007
Screening of lithium salts for use in lithium-ion batteries could give new direction to synthesis efforts.
Interview
Interview: The rise and rise of green chemistry in China
12 January 2007
Buxing Han talks to Nicola Nugent about becoming a chemist, his latest research interests and chemistry in China today
Instant Insight
Instant insight: A natural selection
23 January 2007
Jean-Marie Lehn of Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France, shares his view of a dynamic future for supramolecular chemistry.
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