Professor Kazuyuki Tatsumi, Nagoya University, Japan, takes over the role of President of IUPAC
New IUPAC President
Genetic Vectors
Synthetic viral capsules can be constructed easily and might be used in highly efficient gene therapy to deliver genetic agents to cells
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