A framework for the total synthesis of nanoparticles using processes analogous to the reactions in a synthetic scheme

First example of the induction of point chirality in which two of the substituents around an sp3 carbon atom are geometric isomers

The timing of the key steps in antibiotic and potential anti-cancer compound, salinomycin's biosynthesis has been uncovered

Prodrugs selectively activated by high levels of reactive oxygen species in cancer cells could lead to more active and less toxic treatments

TimesHE ranks the American universities top in league table headed by Caltech with Harvard and Stanford second and third

A [2]catenane and a pretzelane that incorporate porphyrin by axial ligation have been made by researchers in China

Francis Waller talks about common intellectual property issues for chemists from his 30 years experience of filing patents

The Nagoya Medal of Organic Chemistry has been awarded to Eric Jacobsen (Gold Medal) and Keiji Tanino (Silver Medal)

Carolyn Bertozzi, University of California, Berkeley, USA, has been awarded the Emanuel Merck Lectureship

A complex pentafoil knot comprising, not of DNA as were previous knots, but a synthetic organometallic system