Efficient preparation of 8 of the 16 isomers of inhibitor candidate deoxynojirimycin could help find new diabetes treatments
Press releases featuring articles published in Chemistry Europe and GDCh journals.

New Route to Potential Glycosidase Inhibitors

Planned Coincidence for Discovering New Reactions
Antibody-based immunoassay helps in the search for new chemical reactions by screening thousands of reactions at once

Synthetic Scent Hounds
Nanostructured sensor can detect very low concentrations of the explosive TNT

New Cationic Complexes for Ring-Opening Polymerization
Highly electrophilic cationic complexes as catalysts in the immortal ring-opening polymerization of lactide

How to Tell if Fruit is Ripe
Carbon nanotube-based ethylene sensor establishes fruit ripeness

Thermally Stable Solar Cell Materials
A new approach can help scientists predict the thermal stability of potential absorber materials for solar cells

Test Result Written in Blood
Paper-based blood test provides “written report” of blood type

Simulated Digestion for Better Drug Delivery
Nanomaterial made from lipids and silicon dioxide improves absorption of pharmaceuticals by imitating the food effect

Two-Legged Molecule That Walks
Small molecule that can move independently along a track uses ring opening and closing reactions to take each step

The First Seconds in a Building’s Life
X-ray diffraction studies of cement hydration on the millisecond scale