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Chemistry World April 19, 2012 Andy Extance |
Polymers perform non-DNA evolution Scientists have found that six polymer alternatives to DNA can pass on genetic information, and have evolved one type to specifically bind target molecules. |
Chemistry World December 20, 2011 Laura Howes |
Cutting edge chemistry in 2011 With the help of an expert panel of journal editors Chemistry World reviews the ground breaking research and important trends in this year's crop of chemical science papers. |
Chemistry World December 10, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Cutting edge chemistry in 2014 Highlights from last year's ground breaking chemical sciences research. |
Chemistry World April 15, 2012 Jon Evans |
Synthetic chemists print labware to order Not only do 3D printers offer the possibility of producing vessels with much more complex architectures, but the vessels can be designed to influence the course of the reaction or even to take part in it. |
Chemistry World June 14, 2012 David Bradley |
Tripling up on boron bonds Carbon and nitrogen are well known for their triple bonds, but making stable compounds with a triple bond between two boron atoms hadn't been achieved despite the computational possibilities. Until now. |
Chemistry World January 8, 2012 David Bradley |
The TNA world that came before the RNA one Once it was recognised that DNA is key to the molecular self-replication that underpins life, chemists have sought to understand the origins of this double-helical molecule in that primordial age. |
Chemistry World December 12, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Cutting edge chemistry in 2013 What discoveries caused the biggest buzz in chemistry labs in 2013? |
Chemistry World July 23, 2012 Jon Evans |
Attack of the cyborg jellyfish It may sound like the plot of a low-budget movie, but US scientists have created tiny, half-biological, half-synthetic jellyfish that can swim and even feed just like real jellyfish. |
Chemistry World January 20, 2012 Andy Extance |
Tube-wrapped lamp makes malaria drug German researchers have developed an inexpensive three-step continuous flow synthesis of artemisinin, the key drug in the ongoing fight against malaria. |
Chemistry World December 11, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Cutting edge chemistry in 2015 Innovations in chemistry this year include development of an Ebola vaccine, prize winning antimalarial drug research, and discovery of microstructures in bird feathers. |
Chemistry World June 14, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
Oxo wall still stands as inorganic papers retracted A long-running saga in the rarified world of metal -- oxo chemistry appears to be drawing to a close following the voluntary retraction of three controversial papers |
Chemistry World January 2012 |
DNA motors on With the relentless rise of DNA nanotechnology's popularity, Emma Davies explores the role chemistry has played in its success |
Chemistry World July 13, 2015 Philip Ball |
First snapshot of elusive intermediate supplies surprise A team near Zurich in Switzerland, has been able to take a single-molecule snapshot of an intermediate in a common class of organic reactions. |
Chemistry World September 26, 2013 Akshat Rathi |
First pictures of hydrogen bonds unveiled Researchers in China report the first visualization of a hydrogen bond using atomic force microscopy. |
Chemistry World December 18, 2009 Nina Notman |
Cutting edge chemistry in 2009 We review the ground-breaking research and important trends of the year's published chemical science papers. |
Chemistry World February 29, 2012 Elinor Richards |
Can arsenic bind to bacterial DNA? Scientists from the US and China say that arsenic substituted DNA may be more stable than first thought. |
Chemistry World December 13, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Breaking the strongest bonds Chemists have uncovered a way to sever two of the strongest bonds in chemistry - in dinitrogen and carbon monoxide - and make useful organic compounds. |
Chemistry World April 17, 2013 Mark Peplow |
Sanofi launches malaria drug production On 11 April, the Paris-based pharmaceutical company Sanofi officially launched a new production facility in Garessio, Italy, to make artemisinin -- the precursor to artemisinin-based combination therapies, the most effective drugs against the deadliest malaria parasite. |
Chemistry World September 13, 2012 Philip Ball |
Bright idea to probe bond order The order of multiple bonds can be uncovered using atomic force microscopy, according to Leo Gross of IBM Research in Zurich and his co-workers. |
Chemistry World October 12, 2015 Andy Extance |
'Chemical search engine' backs alternative route to life A key class of biological molecules neglected in the search for life's chemical origins could have appeared spontaneously before organisms, UK scientists say. |
Chemistry World July 15, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Synthetic enzyme catalyses Diels-Alder reaction The reaction is key to many organic syntheses and suggests that artificial enzymes could soon become part of the synthetic chemist's toolkit. |
Chemistry World November 14, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Chemists claim metallic hydrogen creation first For over a century, scientists have said it should be possible to turn hydrogen into a metal. Now, a pair of chemists in Germany claim to have finally performed the feat, although others remain skeptical. |
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 August 6, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
3D printed reactionware hots up UK researchers have shown that it is possible to carry out a range of hydrothermal chemical syntheses in sealed reactors made from 3D printed polypropylene. |
Chemistry World March 21, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Forcing a Reaction US chemists have forced molecules to react by ripping their bonds apart with ultrasound. The scientists carefully stretched one targeted bond until it snapped, guiding the molecule's subsequent reaction into pathways forbidden by conventional chemistry. |
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Biomimetic Nanotechnology Although biomimetic nanotechnology is in its infancy, with no applications yet reaching commercialization, the barriers in some cases lie mainly in scaling up production processes to industrial levels. |
Chemistry World March 3, 2013 James Urquhart |
Polymer production line runs on DNA US researchers have developed a purely chemical and enzyme-free system that can build synthetic polymers using DNA as a template. |
Chemistry World January 7, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Giant nanowheel mystery solved Researchers have uncovered the mechanism behind how one of chemistry's most remarkable self-assembled structures, a giant molecular wheel made from molybdenum oxide, spontaneously manufactures itself. |
Chemistry World January 20, 2010 James Urquhart |
Disilicate synthesis success A compound containing a stable silicon-silicon bond between two negatively charged pentacoordinated silicon atoms - silicates - has been synthesized and isolated for the first time by Japanese researchers. |
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 January 29, 2012 Andy Extance |
Calculations reveal carbon-carbon quadruple bond C 2's two carbon atoms aren't joined by a double bond as usually thought, or even a triple bond, but in fact a quadruple bond. |
Chemistry World September 10, 2014 Elisabeth Ratcliffe |
Antimalarial flow synthesis closer to commercialization Scientists in Germany have demonstrated the large scale and inexpensive production of a range of antimalarial drugs, using a continuous flow system. |
Chemistry World April 5, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Chemical Probe Seeks Out DNA Damage Researchers have developed a novel way to detect damage on DNA. The finding could open the way to a new toolkit of molecular probes to investigate the impact of chemical modifications on DNA, potentially providing insights into the way that mutations in DNA can result in cancers. |
Chemistry World April 26, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Hydrogen Busters go Synthetic Chemists have created a small molecule which mimics the way natural enzymes chew up hydrogen. The model should inspire designs for new catalysts that can break up hydrogen in fuel cells; or (running in reverse) help produce the fuel for a hydrogen economy. |
Chemistry World August 30, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
C-H oxidation proves its worth US researchers are going against the grain of total synthesis and developing new approaches to complex molecules. |
Chemistry World April 2, 2012 Jon Cartwright |
Hydrogen That Mimics Graphene Researchers claim to have discovered a new phase of hydrogen in which the diatomic molecules break apart to form six-atom rings, similar to graphene. The new phase, which occurs at very high pressures, could be a stepping stone towards a long-sought after phase: metallic hydrogen. |
Chemistry World August 21, 2008 Fred Campbell |
Double bonding with silicon In a landmark for silicon chemistry, US researchers have reported the first stable silicon (0) compound to contain a silicon-silicon double bond. |
Chemistry World January 30, 2014 Anthony King |
Unnatural DNA links click for faster synthesis Human cells can still read strands of DNA correctly if they are stitched together using linkers not found in nature, a new study shows. |
Chemistry World July 2008 Ananyo Bhattacharya |
Sparks of creation Chemists are at the forefront of synthetic biology, the burgeoning field that could soon create artificial life. |
Chemistry World May 20, 2015 Andy Extance |
Malaria drug could cash in on green chemistry Green chemistry principles could make synthesizing the frontline antimalarial drug artemisinin both cleaner and cheaper, an industry -- academia collaboration suggests. |
Chemistry World October 19, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Building Tomorrow's Nanofactory UK scientists have been granted 2.5 million pounds to invent a nanomachine that can build materials molecule by molecule. Such a robot doesn't -- and may never -- exist, though it has been imagined for over half a century. |
Chemistry World March 17, 2015 Andy Extance |
Reaction map suggests meteorite chemistry route to life UK chemists have found a reaction network that they believe shows that 'pretty much everyone' working on life's molecular origins is wrong -- but also 'right, in a sense'. |
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? |
Chemistry World February 6, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Better Detection of DNA Synthesis Researchers in the US have developed a new way to detect DNA synthesis in living cells by using click chemistry -- the concept of reacting together two 'high energy' molecules that 'click' together efficiently under mild conditions. |
Chemistry World April 23, 2009 Nina Notman |
Metal toughens up spider silk Spider silk, already one of the strongest fibres known, can be made even stronger by infusing metals into its protein structure, scientists in Germany say. |
Technology Research News June 29, 2005 |
Self-assembly: the natural way to make things In biology, there are a few different ways DNA molecules can be replicated and combined. |
Chemistry World March 25, 2012 Phillip Broadwith |
Germanium-Oxygen Double Bond Takes Centre Stage The first compound with a germanium-oxygen double bond has been created by Japanese scientists. |
Chemistry World February 28, 2010 Jon Cartwright |
Reactions on DNA origami watched with AFM Chemists in Denmark have for the first time imaged chemical reactions on a DNA origami scaffold so that they can precisely attach single molecules, involving atomic force microscopy. |
Chemistry World May 2011 |
Chemistry in every cup The absorption and profile of both helpful and harmful compounds in coffee is complex and depends on many factors |
Chemistry World August 6, 2012 Andy Extance |
'Spider threads' bring great self-healing power US and Hong Kong scientists have invented a material that can heal itself from millimeter-scale cracks when heated, using spider-silk inspired plastic threads. |