Scaffold Synthesis

Scaffold Synthesis

The enantioselective synthesis of alkaloids, using a tricyclic (R)-phenylglycinol-derived lactam scaffold is reported.

Long Fuse

Long Fuse

George Whitesides describes how dots of salt can be used to transmit information for times electronics or batteries fail.

Dot Products

Dot Products

Enzymatic generation of quantum dots could lead to news ways of analyzing milk by fluorescence spectroscopy.

Self-Assembling Devices

Self-Assembling Devices

Design strategy with side-chain incompatibility provides promise for the realization of much greater photoconducting output.

Small But Super

Small But Super

Lightweight, handy magnets could allow high-resolution NMR spectroscopy to develop into a portable analytical technique.