New insights into fullerene chemistry have emerged from graphene research showing the soccerball-shaped molecules forming as graphene flakes lock together.

Kicking Around Carbon

Some Like It Hot: The Scale of Wilburn Lincoln Scoville
Only capsicum can synthesize chemical compounds irritating our tongue to produce a pleasant spicy feeling!

Phase Change Materials: Optical Storage
Data storage has always been a major aspect in the development of mankind...

Stem Cells – Growing Up Means Saturation
Differences between the biochemistry of stem cells and mature heart and nerve cells have been revealed.

Targeted Identification
Gisbert Schneider and co-workers, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany, report on target profile prediction to identify cross-activities of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) and farnesoid X receptor (FXR).

Deracemize to Reracemize
Deracemization of mandelic acid to optically pure L-phenylglycine via a redox-neutral biocatalytic cascade.

Structure-Based Ligand Design
Freya Klepsch and Gerhard F. Ecker, University of Vienna, Austria, highlight the Impact of the recent mouse P-glycoprotein structure for structure-based ligand design.

Army Cleans Up Its Act
Newly-developed agents allow all-weather hydrogen peroxide-based decontamination of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear contaminants.