Polymer grafted silicon nanowires allow to capture and preserve cancer cells circulating in the bloodstream

Capture and Preserve Cancer Cells

Microbial World
Test your knowledge of microbes, the most fascinating and underrated organisms on the planet

Mussels-inspired Gel for Damaged Vessels
Mimicking adhesiveness of mussels, a catechol-based hydrogel glues to blood vessels and stabilizes atherosclerotic plaques

New Tool for Heterocycle Functionalization
Zinc bis(alkanesulphinate) salts are a chemical toolkit enabling the synthesis of novel heterocycles for drug discovery

Pulsating Microcapsules
Polymer gel microcapsules can oscillate in and out depending on pH, offering potential for regular, self-medicating devices

Natural Health Products: Really Safe?
The daily exposure levels to metals and metalloids contaminating some natural health products exceed allowable limits

A Chemical Examination of the Isenheim Altar: Role Played in History by Horned Rye (2)
What is an ergot-infested grain kernel? Part 2 looks at the life-cycle of the fungus, how it contributed to the Salem witch trials, and a self test

Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry 2012
Sarah E. Reisman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, and Corey R. J. Stephenson, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA, awarded

Conducting Hydrogels for Nerve Regeneration
Combining conducting polymers with the structural properties of hydrogels could give scaffolds that promote nerve regeneration

New Consortium Will Optimaze Drug Discovery
K4DD consortium launched to routinely study kinetic aspects of drug-target interactions in robust and accessible assays