Chemical evolution generates bacterial strain with artificial nucleotide in its genome

Modified Genetic Alphabet

Angewandte Chemie 30/2011: Noble Chemistry
Overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie

Bioenergy and Water
Water use to grow and process biomass feedstocks for fuels has emerged as an important controversy

Aspergillus Niger Helps Replace Petroleum
Optimization of cell factories like Aspergillus niger might help replace the chemical building blocks derived from petroleum

Liquid Proteins
Engineering of globular proteins has allowed to make solvent-free liquids comprising structurally and functionally intact biomolecules

Unpairing of DNA Probed
Local unpairing of DNA strands probed by binuclear ruthenium complexes

MOFs for Biobutanol Separation
Zeolitic imidazolate framework suitable for separation of biobutanol (alternative to petroleum-based chemical) from fermentation broth

Strong Luminescence Exhibiting Quantum Dots
New generation of nanomaterials controls and directs the energy absorbed from light

Cancer Treatment with Gold Nanoparticles
Smart nanoparticles can disrupt the blood supply to cancerous tumors

Sexy Moth
The female sex pheromone of a moth whose caterpillars infest date trees, Batrachedra amydraula, has been identified by Swedish and Israeli scientists