Christina Moberg, KTH, Sweden, looks at whether the current state of chemistry in Sweden lives up to its prestigious past
Chemistry in Sweden – A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
Storing Shakespeare’s Sonnets as Synthetic DNA
UK scientists developed a method to store large amounts of digital information in the form of synthetic DNA sequences
Tumor Selective Polyamide
A hairpin pyrrole-imidazole polyamide prevents tumor growth without affecting health tissues
Angewandte Chemie 5/2013: It Just Works!
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Dying Brightly
Fluorescence lights up cells programmed to die
Most Accessed Articles: December 2012
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for December 2012
How to Produce Dopaminergic Neurons
24(S),25-epoxycholesterol stimulates dopaminergic neuron production, thus showing promise against neurodegeneration
The Chemistry of Female Attraction
(Z)-5-tetradecen-1-ol is a natural ligand of an odor receptor and regulates male’s attractiveness to females
Kill the Tumor But Spare the Platelets!
US researchers engineered the anti-leukemic drug Navitoclax into a new a compound devoid of toxic effects on platelets
Chemistry in Theatre
Carl Djerassi's latest book, Chemistry in Theatre, is reviewed by Stefan Böschen, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany