Synthetic viral capsules can be constructed easily and might be used in highly efficient gene therapy to deliver genetic agents to cells

Genetic Vectors

Cholesterol Sludge
Statistical mechanics provids new insights into behavior of cholesterol/phospholipid mixtures in cell membranes

Better Biomass
Energy and cost of torrefied biomass analyzed

Citations And Ethics
Jan Reedijk discusses how citation metrics are pushing editors, referees, and authors into strategic and sometimes unethical behavior

Design Effective Figures for Scientific Publications
A brief guide to designing effective figures for the scientific paper created by University of Washington scientists

Strontiumtetrazolate – Molecule of the Week
More environmental friendly, less soot and poisonous components producting fireworks

Sensitive and Selective Dopamine Sensor
New way to immobilize graphene on modified gold electrode results in highly sensitive detection of dopamine

Sound Approach to Copper Hydride
Sonochemical approach reduces a copper(II) solution in the first example of metal hydride formation using ultrasound

Novel Type of Supramolecular Interaction
Novel type of supramolecular interaction, with the two “antagonistic” binding models cation–π and lone pair–π fused into one found

New Year’s Greetings from GDCh President
Professor B. Albert, the new GDCh (German Chemical Society) president, introduces herself to the membership