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Chemistry World
May 29, 2013
Rebecca Brodie |
Measuring indoor air pollution Chinese scientists have developed a passive sampler that can be used for monitoring common indoor air pollutants. Air quality is currently an important topic in China, with air pollution rivalling food safety and clean drinking water as a key theme for Chinese lawmakers.   |
Chemistry World
May 29, 2013
Paul Docherty |
Pactamycin A member of a 'rival' field stating that a molecule is 'inaccessible by synthetic organic chemistry' is like a red rag to the proverbial bull. This challenge surrounds analogs of pactamycin, a complex cyclopentane-based target with an exceptionally potent biological profile. |
Chemistry World
May 28, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
What is life? How chemistry becomes biology Like any work in this area, this book by Addy Pross asks more questions than it answers. It is a stimulating and thought-provoking read, and provides a sound chemical framework for considering the various theories and strands of research. |
Chemistry World
May 24, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
Releasing reactive oxygen Scientists in Canada have made nanoparticles that release singlet oxygen when a laser beam is shone on them. The nanoparticles could improve the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy, a treatment for some cancers. |
Chemistry World
May 23, 2013
Rachel Cooper |
The power of multivalency against cholera An international team of scientists has synthesized a cholera inhibitor that matches both the valency and target sugar of the cholera toxin. The molecule is 100,000 times better at trapping the cholera toxin than inhibitors based on the target sugar alone. |
Chemistry World
May 23, 2013
James Urquhart |
Understanding sulfa drugs' side effects Researchers in Switzerland have discovered how sulfonamide drugs - the first antimicrobial drugs to be discovered in the 1930s - cause the neurological side effects that sometimes occur following treatment. |
Chemistry World
May 21, 2013
Emma Stoye |
B-vitamins may delay Alzheimer's onset UK researchers have found that high doses of B-vitamins -- including folic acid, vitamin B12 and vitamin B6 -- can slow down brain tissue atrophy, a wasting process associated with Alzheimer's disease. |
Chemistry World
May 21, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
Silver nanoparticles see the light Researchers have stumbled across a simple but as yet unexplained way to make silver nanoparticles luminescent. The finding is important because luminescence is often used to track the movement and location of nanoparticles -- within cells, for example. |
HHMI Bulletin
Spring 2013
Nicole Kresge |
A Structural Toolbox Natalie Strynadka wants to design a better antibiotic. Her strategy: learn about the molecules bacteria use to invade cells. Her tool: structural biology. |
HHMI Bulletin
Spring 2013
Sarah Goforth |
The O'Shea Way Erin O'Shea does not waste time. She finished a Ph.D. in two and a half years, rose from novice to world champion dog trainer in under three, and, at age 47, is moving into an executive leadership role at HHMI. |
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