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Chemistry World January 5, 2012 Helen Bache |
Cleaning Cadmium From Blood With the development of modern industries, heavy metal pollution in humans is on the rise, say researchers in China, who have now designed a supermagnetic nanocomposite to effectively remove one of the pollutants - cadmium ions - from blood.  |
Chemistry World January 4, 2012 Carl Saxton |
Controlling termites with nanoparticles Scientists in Australia have found that mesoporous silica nanoparticles can store and deliver biocides in a controlled fashion over time, which could be beneficial to the timber industry with regards to termites.  |
Chemistry World January 3, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
One-pot synthesis creates anticancer candidates Researchers in Germany have developed a simple, rapid and high-yielding cascade synthesis of a collection of polycyclic compounds that resemble indole alkaloid natural products and which interfere with cell division.  |
Chemistry World January 2012 |
DNA motors on With the relentless rise of DNA nanotechnology's popularity, Emma Davies explores the role chemistry has played in its success  |
Chemistry World January 2012 |
Column: The crucible Why do some combinations of flavors strike us as appealing and others as peculiar?  |
Chemistry World January 2012 Paul Docherty |
Column: Totally Synthetic What a Japanese team demonstrates in this synthesis of dragmacidin D is the state of the art, uniting all the key fragments using C-H bond couplings.  |
Chemistry World January 2012 |
Column: In the pipeline Derek Lowe discusses how companies are increasingly trying to do more with the compounds they already know a lot about  |
Chemistry World January 2012 |
Rising interest in compound bank David Fox argues for the creation of a centralized repository for small molecules to harness research efforts in drug discovery  |
Chemistry World January 2012 |
Cultivating collaboration A new network aims to bring the power of interdisciplinary innovation to bear on global food issues.  |
Chemistry World January 2012 |
A new year and a new dawn As the International Year of Chemistry drew to a close last year, we were delighted to see the future of chemistry in the UK being bolstered with two universities planning to reopen their chemistry departments  |
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