Jo's lessons in analytical techniques continue with a lesson in thin layer chromatography

Wonderlab Comic – Thin Layer Chromatography

Avram Hershko: Curiosity and Persistence
Nobel Laureate Avram Hershko discusses how curiosity, choosing the right research, and persistence work as a general principle for success

Molecular Dockers Move Microscopic Cargoes
A cargo transport system that works at the microscopic level and triggered by light has been devised and constructed

Overcoming Cisplatin Resistance
Novel nanoparticles that sensitize cancer cells to chemotherapeutic drugs have been developed

A Cure for Multiple Sclerosis?
Benztropine, a drug already used to treat Parkinson's disease, may cure multiple sclerosis as it promotes myelin repair

Learning a New Language: Moving Countries and Changing Subjects
Wilhelm T. S. Huck discusses what change means for scientists and how his research has evolved to the study of small water droplets

Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks
A library of novel 5-nitroimidazole antibiotics displayed broad-spectrum activity

Olive Oil for Better Health
Oleic acid, the main fatty acid of olive oil, has possible health promoting effects in men

What's in a Label?
Many commercial medicinal herbal products contain potentially harmful ingredients that are not listed in the labels

90th Birthday: Carl Djerassi
Inventor of oral contraceptive pill celebrates 90th birthday on October 29, 2013