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Chemistry World July 6, 2012 |
Protein power Tom Muir, professor of chemistry and molecular biology, Princeton University, US, is an expert in protein engineering and its application to studying cellular signalling networks. |
Reactive Reports Issue 33 David Bradley |
The Miniature Rotarians Tiny interlocking wheels are the components of a miniscule molecular rotor designed and built by UK chemists. The submicroscopic invention offers a new motor-like component for those hoping to build nanotechnology from the bottom up. |
Chemistry World September 9, 2011 Sean Milmo |
King's College resurrects chemistry department King's College London is reopening its department of chemistry in 2012, eight years after it was closed due in part to a sharp drop in the popularity of the subject. |
Chemistry World January 2010 Philip Ball |
Welcome to the machine Molecular machines have promised so much but are they more whimsical than technical? |
Chemistry World February 22, 2007 |
F. Albert Cotton F. Albert Cotton, one of the world's top inorganic chemists, died on Tuesday 20 February at the age of 76. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Sarah C.P. Williams. |
Carolyn Bertozzi: Changed Expectations Chemists trained in biology were once a rarity -- now they're becoming the norm. |
Chemistry World August 2010 |
Let's get physical The field of physical chemistry is booming, as more and more scientists seek to understand their work on a molecular level |
Chemistry World January 17, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Nanomachines to Treat Cancer Scientists at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) have signed a deal with a private investment firm to develop and market 'nanomachines' to treat cancer. |
Chemistry World November 2009 Bibiana Campos-Seijo |
Editorial: Ringing in the Nobels This year the chemistry prize seems to have once again caused a bit of a commotion. The criticism? Well, some in the scientific community have suggested that the research had too strong a biological focus. |
Chemistry World November 2006 Bea Perks |
Call That Chemistry? This year's Nobel prize in chemistry was a tour de force for crystallography, underscoring the vital role chemistry plays across the sciences. |
Chemistry World August 22, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Manmade molecular machine goes to work Manmade molecules can generate similar forces to natural molecular machines, and could help chemists to design artificial molecular machines for meaningful tasks. |
Chemistry World September 9, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Daisy-chain polymers bring artificial muscles a step closer American chemists have made molecular 'daisy-chains' containing threaded rings that can be pulled taut or slackened by chemical stimuli. |
Chemistry World January 2009 Richard Van Noorden |
Editorial: Sustainable connection The interface between chemistry and engineering is more important than ever. |
Chemistry World October 26, 2012 Andy Extance |
Molecular muscle machines bulk up French researchers have made the longest molecular machines that can be shrunk on demand in a collective motion that emulate muscle fibers. |
Chemistry World January 11, 2013 Marie Cote |
Following her passion Veronique Gouverneur is professor of chemistry at the University of Oxford, UK. She investigates fluorine chemistry and is working on developing novel synthetic methodologies for the preparation of fluorinated targets. |
Chemistry World June 2006 |
Comment: RSC Prepared for the Future Simon Campbell reflects on the Royal Society of Chemistry's achievements during his presidency. |
Chemistry World May 15, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
New Research Centres for UK Chemistry Two research centres hoping to add new dimensions to UK chemistry were officially launched last week. |
The Motley Fool October 19, 2004 Wherrett & Yelovich |
Attack of the Nanobots! You can fear nanotechnology, or you can profit from it. |
Reactive Reports Issue 58 |
ID Tags for Teenage Molecules One academic team has developed a logical technology that allows them to generate millions of unique tags to track sub-microscopic objects. |
Chemistry World March 14, 2012 James Urquhart |
Catalysis at the flick of a switch German researchers have created a molecular nanoswitch that can be reversibly and repeatedly turned on and off to control a chemical reaction. |
Chemistry World April 28, 2009 Jon Cartwright |
Metal ions give rise to threaded molecules Chemists in France have developed a simple method to synthesize tricky '[3]rotaxane' molecules for potential applications in intelligent materials and molecular machines. |
Chemistry World March 9, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Covalent Bonds Crack Under the Strain Chemists must consider engineering principles when designing molecules following news that tough carbon-to-carbon bonds break easily under mechanical strain. |
Chemistry World October 9, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Computational chemists take Nobel prize The 2013 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to Martin Karplus of Harvard University, US, Michael Levitt of Stanford University, US, and Arieh Warshel of the University of Southern California, US, for "the development of multi-scale models for complex chemical systems." |
Chemistry World November 28, 2013 |
Put the chemistry back in medicinal chemistry Today, synthetic skill is valued and appreciated much less in medicinal chemistry than in chemical development, though it is equally important for both. Much of the blame lies with the mismeasurement of productivity. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Sarah C. P. Williams |
Living Chemistry Biologists understand better what chemists can bring to the table. And chemists understand better the questions that biologists really care about. This has led to a bigger impact of chemists on biological problems. |
Chemistry World April 24, 2013 Rebecca Brodie |
DNA, Russian opera and blue suede shoes Duncan Graham is professor of chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He was recently appointed chair of the editorial board for Analyst, and will take up the role in 2014. His research areas include nucleic acid chemistry and synthetic chemistry for bioanalysis. |
Chemistry World June 14, 2007 James Mitchell Crow |
Young-Ish Giants Party On Chemist Fraser Stoddart celebrated his 65th birthday in scholarly style last week, with a group of chemistry's rising stars that raised a glass - and a slide or two - in his honor. |
Chemistry World January 10, 2013 Laura Howes |
Rotaxane mimics ribosome to spin out peptides The field of molecular machines has taken a new bio-inspired turn to assemble another molecule, in this case linking up individual amino acids into a peptide. |
Chemistry World October 23, 2013 |
Models of success The 2013 Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded to three computational pioneers who combined quantum and classical mechanics. Emma Stoye learns about the latest laureates |
Chemistry World March 1, 2014 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
European collaborations EuCheMS, the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences, provides a single voice for chemistry in Europe. |
Chemistry World December 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Surfing Web2O The rapid evolution of the world wide web is creating fresh opportunities - and challenges - for chemistry. |
Chemistry World July 25, 2012 Lesley Yellowlees |
Standing up for chemistry As I start my term as president of the Royal Society of Chemistry, I'd like to share some of the issues I wish to address during my presidency. |
Reactive Reports October 2006 David Bradley |
Amilra Prasanna "AP" de Silva An interview with the Queen's University of Belfast chemistry professor on his fascinating research into logical molecules. |
Chemistry World August 14, 2006 Tom Westgate |
Science Education Failing to Provide Enough Graduates Thousands of potential scientists are being lost as too many young British people choose not to study science in schools and universities, according to Britain's leading business organization. |
Wired October 2004 Ed Regis |
The Incredible Shrinking Man K. Eric Drexler was the godfather of nanotechnology. But the MIT prodigy who dreamed up molecular machines was shoved aside by big science - and now he's an industry outcast. |
Chemistry World January 2012 |
Cultivating collaboration A new network aims to bring the power of interdisciplinary innovation to bear on global food issues. |
Chemistry World May 2011 |
Column: In the pipeline Molecular biology, physics, materials science, physiology, even pure mathematics is a neighbor, and these neighbors are usually reached through a zone of interdisciplinary stuff that's rather hard to define. So who counts as a chemist? |
Chemistry World June 16, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Rotaxane molecule seen in action Researchers from the US and Japan have directly observed the ring of a rotaxane molecule shuttling along its spindle. The behaviour of the rotaxane is influenced by its molecular environment, something that is significant if the molecules are to be used as molecular machines. |
Chemistry World August 2007 Richard Jones |
Comment: Grand Challenges for Small Science The UK needs to develop a convincing strategy for nanotechnology research. |
Chemistry World August 2011 |
Column: The crucible Philip Ball wonders to what extent molecular structures are metaphorical and philosophical. |
Chemistry World November 3, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Organic synthesis set for auto-pilot Peptides are routinely made by machines that couple together amino acid components. Could organic synthesis ever get this simple? |
Reactive Reports Issue 60 David Bradley |
Mark Leach Interview with the owner of Meta-Synthesis, a company aimed to reveal the inner secrets of chemistry to as wide an audience as possible. |
Chemistry World September 26, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
James Crowley: Magicians rings and dumbbells on a molecular scale Research in Crowley's group combines synthetic organic, inorganic, organometallic and supramolecular chemistry to design and synthesize new functional materials. |
Chemistry World April 2011 |
Molecular Obesity is Weighing Down Drug Discovery Medicinal chemistry's quest for potent drug candidates has resulted in molecules that are too large and too lipophilic for their own good. |
Chemistry World September 24, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
Plants and microorganisms are the original synthetic chemists Greg Challis is a professor of chemical biology at the University of Warwick in the UK. Research in the Challis group encompasses the discovery, biosynthesis, bioengineering and mechanism of action of bioactive natural products. |
Reactive Reports July 2004 |
Star Picks PSIgate, ChemWeb and European Centre for Chemistry Education are all web sites offering great resources for physical sciences and chemistry. |
Chemistry World April 19, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
Controlling an organocatalyst with pH UK chemists have designed an organocatalyst that can be mechanically switched on and off simply by changing the pH. |
Chemistry World December 2011 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Editorial: The End of a Good Start Chemistry can and should be celebrated every day. |
Chemistry World November 28, 2013 |
What is chemistry? This book is designed to tell the average person all about chemistry, and in a way they can understand. |
Chemistry World May 20, 2015 Katrina Kramer |
Taking the lead on drug discovery Researchers from the UK have developed a straightforward strategy for making compounds that have the potential to become clinical drugs. |