Polyprenylated polycyclic acylphloroglucines which have a range of activities can now be synthesized in just seven steps

Synthesizing Rigid Bicycles

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

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

Partnership for Renewable, Phthalate-free Plasticizers
BioAmber and LANXESS Partner for Renewable, Phthalate-free Plasticizers

Fluorinated MRI Agents
Italian chemists have devised a quick and cheap route to novel polymeric contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Too Much Nano in the EU
European Chemical Industry Council's definition for nanomaterials is said to add unnecessary burdens to companies

Angewandte Chemie 44/2011: A Combination Made in Heaven
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie