New yeast variant shown to outcompete scab disease-causing fungus and can be used in conjunction with fungicides

Yeast Versus Fungus

Do Biocides Affect Microbial Fuel Cells?
Biofilm-based microbial fuel cells' responses to biocides tested with antibiotics, heavy metals and disinfectants

Fast-track Legal DNA Testing
Forensic DNA testing against a database could become as simple as matching fingerprints, making bail decisions more straightforward

Copper Gate
Motion and gate-like mechanism of copper transport across cell membranes by hCTR1 could improve cancer treatment

Microengines Forever Blowing Bubbles
Environmental clean-up, medical diagnosis and chemical analysis could all be done with microdevices powered by bubbles

Activation Against Malaria
Anti-malarial agents, artemisinins, undergo both one-electron transfer and two-electron reduction, with biological consequences

Most Accessed Articles: July 2010
Read the most-accessed ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journal articles for July 2010

Shining a Light on Diabetes
Noninvasive, optical blood glucose measurements have been in development since the 1980s, now they’re one step closer

My Little Green Cactus
Plants that are better chemists than chemists, nanodiamonds and more in this months Chemie in unserer Zeit

Programmed Destruction
How redox chemistry and selenium- and tellurium-based agents can help combat cancer