Inclusion of boron clusters into the side chains of polymers rather than the backbone gives a photoluminescent anion sensor

New Family of Carborane-Functionalized Polymers

Multitarget Drugs against Prion Diseases
Hybrid lipoic acid derivatives attack prion disease on multiple fronts suggesting possible targets for treatment

Nanoparticle Reacts on Sound And Heat
Organic nanoparticle created that uses sound and heat to find and treat tumors could potentially change the way tumors are treated

Gernot Boche (1938 – 2011)
Gernot Boche, Professor Emeritus University of Marburg, Germany, passed away last week

Sorted Building Blocks
Synthesis of stereogradient poly(propylene carbonate) by stereo- and enantioselective copolymerization of propylene oxide with CO2

Take Your Vitamins!
Tocopherol Derivatives as New Dioxin Receptor Antagonists

Artificial Synapse Detects Neurotransmitter
Transmitter release from individual living cells detected with conducting polymer electrodes

Size (and Shape) Matters
Oscillations in gels containing a Belousov-Zhabotinsky catalyst depend upon the size and shape of the gel

Blocking Bone Resorption
Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors with bisphosphonate moiety show promise for treating tumor-induced bone disease

Perfect Host for Tetrathiafulvalene
New cyclic rotaxane that encapsulates tetrathiafulvalene also opens way for new topologically interesting systems