The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for December 2012

24(S),25-epoxycholesterol stimulates dopaminergic neuron production, thus showing promise against neurodegeneration

Bayer CropScience purchased Prophyta GmbH, Germany, a leading supplier of microbial crop protection products

The Wiley-Chemical Society of Thailand Award for contributions to green chemistry has been awarded to Dr. K. Faungnawakij

Most recent achievements in the design of donor-functionalized, chelating 2,4,6-triarylphosphinine derivatives lead to interesting applications

(Z)-5-tetradecen-1-ol is a natural ligand of an odor receptor and regulates male’s attractiveness to females

Facile method to improve the efficiency of solar energy conversion by preparing nanovoid 2D ordered arrays by a simple self-assembly procedure

X-ray diffraction reveals how a single crystal of a metal-organic framework compound behaves under pressure

Chemical functionalization of ‘toxic’ long carbon nanotubes reduces their effective length and alleviates asbestos-like pathogenicity

US researchers engineered the anti-leukemic drug Navitoclax into a new a compound devoid of toxic effects on platelets