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