German scientists reveal the exact biochemical processes used by strawberries to produce their key aroma compound
Scent of a Strawberry
First Natural Product from Marine Myxobacteria
Salimabromide is the first natural product to be isolated from the Plesiocystis/Enhygromyxa clade of marine myxobacterium
Bravo for Brevisamide
Chemists in India have devised a formal stereoselective synthesis of the unprecedented, marine monocyclic ether alkaloid (–)-brevisamide
Fooling Toxins with Mimetic Nanosponges
Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles wrapped with red blood cell membranes neutralize pore-forming toxins
2nd REACH Deadline
The 2nd deadline falls May 31 and applies to chemicals produced in, or imported into, the EU in annual volumes of 100-1,000 t
Most Accessed Articles: April 2013
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for April 2013
Milestones Reached for REACH
The European chemicals regulation REACH enters its second deadline and companies now must start working for the third phase
French Chemical Society National and Bi-national Awards
The winners of the annual national and bi-national prizes of the SCF include Klaus Müllen, Santiago Alvarez Reverter, and Samir Zard
Frances Arnold Awarded Emanuel Merck Lectureship 2013
Professor Frances Arnold, Caltech, USA, has been awarded the Emanuel Merck Lectureship and will deliver a special public lecture
Meat, Bacteria, and Atherosclerosis
By metabolizing L-carnitine, a nutrient abundant in red meat, intestinal bacteria promote atherosclerosis