Series of labeled mevalonolactone (MVA) derivatives has been prepared that will help to unravel the biosynthesis of terpenoids
What's the Label?
Corwin Hansch (1918 – 2011)
Corwin Hansch, Professor Emeritus, Pomona College, California, USA, passed away on May 8th
Nano-Motor with a Light Switch
Light-triggered myosin allows real-time study of cells
Winner of the Final iPad
Mu Cheng, PhD student, University of Queensland, Australia, is the winner of the final ipad
Chemistry of a Hangover — Alcohol and its Consequences
How can a tiny molecule like ethanol be at the root of so much human misery?
Atomic Radii of the Elements
Atomic radii of the main group elements vary in a predictable and explicable manner across the periodic table
Wonderlab Comic — Goggles
Everything is back-to-front when an accident in Wonderlab turns Sophie into the safety monitor
Women in Chemistry — Interview with Maria Gavrilescu
Maria Gavrilescu is professor at the Gheorghe Asachi Technical Universiry, Iasi, Romania, and author of highly cited review articles
Women in Chemistry — Interview with Yamuna Krishnan
Yamuna Krishnan, NCBS, India, already perfomed a remarkable career, is enthusiastic not only about sciences, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi
Natural Product? Not!
An acid chloride reportedly isolated from a fungus may not be a natural product after all