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The Field of Chemistry

Wonderlab Comic — Student vs. Teacher
We discover the real reason that chemistry T-shirts are popular as Sophie and friends take on the teacher in this latest installment

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

Antiviral Drug Strategies
Erik De Clercq' book, Antiviral Drug Strategies, is reviewed by Thomas W. Bell, USA

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

Boiled Eggs: Soft and Hard — Part 3
We look at the chemical changes that occur when an egg is boiled and discover how to unboil the egg afterwards

Improved Mussel Adhesive
Biocompatible, waterproof, self-healing, and reversible: A new adhesive for medical applications?

Specificity by Ring Size
Bicyclic peptides with optimized ring size inhibit enzyme that cleaves peptide bonds while sparing paralogous proteases