Mimicking nature is leading to some creative and green ways to synthesize organic substrates

A new comic series by Sophie Lin: It's a bad day for glassware in Sophie's lab as they play Survivor ...

The number of effective anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs continues to dwindle; can we find new agents for treating drug-resistant TB?

The Official IYC 2011 Opening Ceremony in Paris was an impressive event – have a look at the highlights

Better understanding of structure−property relationships of temperature-sensitive polymers as phase separation mechanism determined

Fine-tuning of catalytic activity is possible with bimetallic mesoporous materials containing aluminum and zirconium

Direct catalytic synthesis of 5-methylfurfural (MF) - an important chemical intermediate - from biomass-derived carbohydrates

New route to scyphostatin analogues allows the late-stage manipulation of hydrophobic chains that control N-SMase inhibition

Losing control in metal-organic frameworks could give them unique characteristics, such as dynamic solid state properties

Direct biaryl cross coupling can be achieved without palladium by copper mediated dual C-H activation