Organic Chemistry News

Posted November 10, 2009:

• DNA Origami Nanoscale Breadboards Developed For Carbon Nanotube Circuits
• NASA Reproduces A Building Block Of Life In Laboratory

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Computer Predicts Reactions Between Molecules And Surfaces, With 'Chemical Precision'
• How Size Matters For Catalysts: Study Links Size, Activity, Electronic Properties

Posted November 8, 2009:

• ChIA-PET: Novel Method For 3-D Whole Genome Mapping Research

Posted November 6, 2009:

• Chemists Describe Solar Energy Progress And Challenges, Including The 'Artificial Leaf'
• New Technique For Specifying Location Of Sugars On Proteins Paves Way For Medical Discoveries

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Mimicking Nature, Scientists Can Now Extend Redox Potentials
• Low Levels Of 'Heart Attack Risk' Protein Quantified

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Not Just Bleach: Hydrogen Peroxide May Tell Time For Living Cells

Posted November 2, 2009:

• Pharmaceutical Manufacture: Biochemical 'On-switch' Could Solve Protein Purification Challenge

Posted October 31, 2009:

• New DNA Method Makes It Easier To Trace Criminals

Posted October 30, 2009:

• Improved Adhesive For Products Like Transparent Tape Could Benefit Biofuels Economy

Posted October 24, 2009:

• Seeing Previously Invisible Molecules For The First Time
• New Artificial Enzyme Safer For Nature

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Key Step Made Towards Turning Methane Gas Into Liquid Fuel
• Synthetic Cells Shed Biological Insights While Delivering Battery Power

Posted October 22, 2009:

• Designer Molecule Detects Tiny Amounts Of Cyanide, Then Glows
• Chemists Create Class Of Carbenes Used To Make Catalysts

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Self-assembly Used To Make Molecule-sized Particles With Patches Of Charge

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Detecting The Undetectable In Prostate Cancer Screening

Posted October 19, 2009:

• Unusual Metals Could Forge New Cancer Drug
• Chemists Discover Recipe To Design A Better Type Of Fuel Cell

Posted October 15, 2009:

• Solar Cell Efficiency Increased By Incorporating Ionic Salts

Posted October 14, 2009:

• Silence Of The Genes: Researchers Get First Look At Gene-Silencing Human RISC-Loading Complex
• Video Camera That Records At The Speed Of Thought

Posted October 13, 2009:

• 24-carat Gold 'Snowflakes' Improve Graphene's Electrical Properties

Posted October 7, 2009:

• To Peer Inside A Living Cell: Quantum Mechanics Could Help Build Ultra-high-resolution Electron Microscopes
• Models Begin To Unravel How Single DNA Strands Combine

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Renewable Hydrogen Production Becomes Reality At Winery
• Spray-coating Technique Holds Promise For Cheap Fully Solution-processed Organic Solar Cells

Posted September 30, 2009:

• Novel Chemistry For Ethylene And Tin
• Nanotechnology: Artificial Pore Created

Posted September 28, 2009:

• New Antibacterial Chemical Compound Discovered
• New Nanochemistry Technique Encases Single Molecules In Microdroplets
• New Method For Improving The Functional Characteristics Of Enzymes
• Carbon Nanostructure Research May Lead To Revolutionary New Devices

Posted September 23, 2009:

• A Flash Of Light Turns Graphene Into A Biosensor

Posted September 22, 2009:

• Discovery Reveals Fate Of Nanoparticles In Human Cells

Posted September 21, 2009:

• Smaller Isn't Always Better: Catalyst Simulations Could Lower Fuel Cell Cost
• Researchers Prolong Half-life Of Biopharmaceutical Proteins: Biotech Innovation Could Extend Dosing Intervals, Simplify Production

Posted September 20, 2009:

• Mechanism Related To Onset Of Various Genetic Diseases Revealed

Posted September 18, 2009:

• Toward The Design Of Greener Consumer Products

Posted September 16, 2009:

• How To Spell B-Y-U With DNA

Posted September 14, 2009:

• Drug Delivery System Using Nanoparticles And Lasers Developed
• Hot And Cold Moves Of Cyanide And Water: Temperature Determines Which Molecule Rocks Out
• Boron-based Compounds Trick A Biomedical Protein

Posted September 12, 2009:

• Cement's Basic Molecular Structure Finally Decoded

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