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Tape-Stripping Test
Tape-stripping technique can be used to monitor worker exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons including pyrene and benzo(a)pyrene
Fast Assignment
A rapid method for determining absolute configuration using kinetic resolution catalysts has been developed by US chemists
Adapt and Analyze
Home glucose monitor adapted to target other analytes including cocaine, adenosine, interferon-gamma of tuberculosis and uranium
Green Polymers
Supercritical carbon dioxide can be used as the "solvent" for the polymerization of lactide with an organo-catalyst
At Last, A Definitive Periodic Table?
ChemistryViews article and ensuing discussion has spawned a development in this field courtesy of UCLA chemistry professor E. Scerri
Printing Electronics
Antisolvent crystallization exploited to allow build single-crystal films for electronics applications using an inkjet printer
Liquid Proteins
Engineering of globular proteins has allowed to make solvent-free liquids comprising structurally and functionally intact biomolecules
Little Tetrahedra
Cross-coupling reaction leads to a pyridine-based ligand with a rigid tetrahedral core in good yield — a geometry little explored to date
Sexy Moth
The female sex pheromone of a moth whose caterpillars infest date trees, Batrachedra amydraula, has been identified by Swedish and Israeli scientists