Blood Simple

Blood Simple

Insights into the relationship between a self-rated health, morbidity and mortality, the underlying immunological mechanisms.

Vegetarian Porphyrin Synthesis

Vegetarian Porphyrin Synthesis

A new route for the synthesis of protoporphyrin IX avoids contamination with animal products and associated risks to human patients.

Bayer Foundation

Bayer Foundation

EUR 200,000 available to support ambitious projects in science, engineering, medicine and teacher training in scientific subjects.

Shikimic Gimmick

Shikimic Gimmick

An alternative biomass-based route to benzoic acid from the renewable starting materials quinic acid and shikimic acid.

An Apple a Day? Okay!

An Apple a Day? Okay!

Research into cloudy apple juice suggests that its phenolic content may help ward off symptoms of some chronic diseases.

A Thio-Millipede Invasion!

A Thio-Millipede Invasion!

Cysteine-containing polyisocyanides are shown to be versatile nanoplatforms for chromophoric and bioscaffolding

'Oh No!' to ONOO-

'Oh No!' to ONOO

A lanthanide-complex-based ratiometric luminescence probe specific for peroxynitrite (ONOO-) has been designed and synthesized.