Author Archive for: David Bradley (472)

Functional in a Flash

Functional in a Flash

Inexpensive and non-toxic aluminum catalyst can make highly functional organic carbonates from epoxides and carbon dioxide

Ten Stereocenters in Five Steps

Ten Stereocenters in Five Steps

An astounding ten stereocenters can be constructed in just five steps from an azulenone to make a complex natural product skeleton

New Type of Metal-Carbon Bond

New Type of Metal-Carbon Bond

A new type of metal-carbon bond that forms at the edges of aromatic compounds could open up a new field of structures

Coiling Up Nanotubes

Coiling Up Nanotubes

A general method for converting wire-like nanotubes into coils has been developed by chemists in Singapore

Pulsating Microcapsules

Pulsating Microcapsules

Polymer gel microcapsules can oscillate in and out depending on pH, offering potential for regular, self-medicating devices

Light Relief for Proteins

Light Relief for Proteins

Proteins have existed for billions of years, yet their photolytically weak sulfide bridges can be cleaved by light, so how do they persist?

Mineral Mechanisms

Mineral Mechanisms

New insights into the behavior of magnesium amorphous calcium carbonate could explain natural mineralization

Logical Color Change

Logical Color Change

A temperature-dependent color change in a macrocyclic cyclotetraazocarbazole has led to the development of a new logical molecule