The Polanyi rules which describe the partitioning of energy in reaction barriers have been shown to neglect long-range steric forces
New Rules for Reaction Dynamics
The B-Class Gets Some Class-A Help
Designing small-molecule ligands for class B GPCRs despite the lack of structural information for this receptor class
Recycling Catalysts by Precipitation
Simple way to recover and reuse chiral copper bis(oxazoline) complexes reported by French researchers
Synthesizing Rigid Bicycles
Polyprenylated polycyclic acylphloroglucines which have a range of activities can now be synthesized in just seven steps
Carbon-Chitosan Complex Removes Heavy Metal
Novel activated carbon-chitosan complex removes Pb2+ and Cd2+ from industrial wastewaters
Feeding Fruit Flies So They Fluoresce
How do you image a fruit fly? By feeding it a fluorescent nano-onion
New Guest-Accepting Organic Crystals
Organic alloys with guest-acceptor capabilities could allow crystal properties to be tuned by doping or mixing
Partnership for Renewable, Phthalate-free Plasticizers
BioAmber and LANXESS Partner for Renewable, Phthalate-free Plasticizers
Therapeutic Target in Breast Cancer
Blocking the expression or activity of a serine protease inhibitor in breast cancer cells could be a potential therapy for breast cancer
Side-effects Effectively Sidelined!
Canadian researchers have found a way to eliminate the liabilities of COX-2-specific inhibitors by introducing NO donor groups