Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

Henning Hopf, Germany, reviews the book "The Last Alchemist in Paris & Other Curious Tales from Chemistry" by Lars Öhrström

Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Understanding the biosynthetic origins of two important new natural products gives insight into their common predecessor

German biotech industry is developing slowly, but cooperations with pharmaceutical, chemical and consumer industry is promising

A cheap by-product of table sugar production can be used for the production of biofuel after treatment with fungal exoenzymes

Two chemicals allow leukemic stem cells to be grown in vitro and will help the development of new antileukemic drugs

Novel Hedgehog inhibitors that act in a Smoothened (Smo)-independent manner have been developed

Better diagnosis of parasitic infections: rapid, simple enrichment of rare cells by using ultrasound

Impressions of the 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Dallas