Melanin’s ability to protect from radiation comes from electric current that allows regeneration

Antibiotic vancomycin successfully reengineered to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Two new chemical probes could help shed light on DNA replication pathways and their role in human diseases

New technique that captures cells quickly and keeps them alive longer could help medical researchers run longer experiments

Novel NMR method identifies preferential coordination sites between physiologically relevant counterions and nucleic acid bases

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The discovery of a single, key gene could lead to the streamlined production of cheaper biofuels

Synthetic antibodies can be built from readily available peptides thanks to new technique

The shortest synthesis of biologically interesting bryostatin 7 uses a C—C bond forming hydrogenation

Peter Seeberger, Director of the Max-Plank Institute, Potsdam, Germany, receives prize for work on carbohydrates