A new lead for antimalarial drugs has been developed through structure-activity studies on the GlaxoSmithkline database

New Malaria Lead Compound Identified

Angewandte Chemie 10/2012: Click! Goes the Sulfur
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Sensitive Detector for Nerve Agents
A terpyridine could be a novel chemodosimeter compound for exposure to nerve agents, according to researchers in India

New Route to Benzothiazoles
Copper-catalyzed three-component reaction route to benzothiazoles avoids sulfur poisioning of catalyst

German Chemistry Fights Against Weak Phase
Economic situation of the German chemical industry in the fourth quarter of 2011

Green Cured Meat
A green pigment often lends an odd sheen to nitrite-cured meat products. US chemists have now obtained its crystal structure

Planar Autonomous Self-Assembly of Ionic Nanoparticles
At a planar CH2Cl2-water interface positively charged nanoparticles (NPs) spontaneously self-assemble into hexagonally close-packed lattices

Nicholson New Bayer CropScience R&D Head
Bayer CropScience names Dr. C. David Nicholson new Head of Research & Development

First Synthesis of Photoactive Toxin
The first enantioselective total synthesis of the toxin (S)-bisoranjidiol, a bisanthraquinone, has been achieved by US chemists

Towards Water-Soluble Quantum Dots
First precursor towards quantum dots that can be dispersed in water has been reported and its decomposition mechanism identified