New method for template-directed DNA synthesis in the 3’ and 5’ directions could help explain origin of life
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Writing Chemistry Patents and Intellectual Property
Book on how to write chemistry patents is reviewed by S. Manyem and C. Goddard, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, USA
Glowing Flowers for Ultra-Trace Analysis of TNT
Gold mesoflowers, flower-shaped gold particles, allow the selective optical TNT detection down to the sub-zeptomole level
Supramolecular Photochemistry
Book on controlling photochemical processes is reviewed by Alberto Credi, University di Bologna, Italy
Detlef Schröder (1963 – 2012)
Dr. Detlef Schröder, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic, has passed away
Dendrimers—Towards Catalytic, Material and Biomedical Uses
Book on dendrimers and their applications is reviewed by Mauri Kostiainen, Aalto University, Finland
Fragments of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes
Book that looks at the rapidly growing interest in open geodesic polyaromatic molecules is reviewed by Fabien Durola, France
Ibuprofen Decoy
Pain-reliever ibuprofen makes enzyme oxidize styrene with hydrogen peroxide
Organic Syntheses Based on Name Reactions
Book detailing 750 named organic transfomations is reviewed by Ulrich Hennecke, Westflische Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany
Gold Nanoparticles Follow “Genetic Code”
Different sequences of DNA influence the morphology of growing gold nanocrystals