Role of dissolved carbon from catalyst supports studied; offers possibilities for rational design of heterogeneous catalysts

Dissolved Carbon Alters Catalysts

KCS-Wiley Young Chemist Award
Korean Chemical Society-Wiley Young Chemist Award presented to Zee Hwan Kim and Seunghoon Shin

Current Thinking on DNA
A 34-nm strand of DNA, just 100 base pairs long, can conduct a small electrical current without damage

PCBs and In Vitro Fertilisation
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at common blood serum concentrations can reduce the chances of a successful IVF pregnancy

Direct Arylation of Unactivated Arenes
Readily available cobalt salts can catalyze the direct arylation of even unactivated arenes such as benzene

Angewandte Chemie 10/2011: Good Taste
An overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie

Cisplatin Carried by Copper Transporter
Anticancer drug, cisplatin, doesn’t just passively diffuse into cells, but is actively carried by copper transporter

Avoiding Misfolding
Screening 10,000 chemical compounds reveals a lead for treatment of prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Tuneable Hollows
Hollow polyurethane microspheres with a single hole of controllable size can host nanospheres and other particles

UNESCO Awards Sustainable Organic Lab Course
NOP, the Sustainability in the Organic Chemistry Lab Course, was recognized by the UNESCO with the UNO Dekade prize