Professor Ben Feringa and Professor Naoto Chatani have been presented the Nagoya Gold and Silver Medals, respectively

Nagoya Medals Awarded

Detection of Phosphorus in Ice
A new method for the detection of DRP in ice cores has successfully been implemented on a shallow firn core from Greenland

Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions in Aqueous Media
Development of one of the most reliable C-C bond-forming reactions in organic synthesis is surveyed

Engineering Phenol from Glucose
Sustainable production of phenol from glucose by metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli

Overcoming Cisplatin Resistance
Novel nanoparticles that sensitize cancer cells to chemotherapeutic drugs have been developed

Asymmetric Esterification for Total Synthesis
Production of chiral carboxylic esters proves a useful method in the total synthesis of centrolobine

A Cure for Multiple Sclerosis?
Benztropine, a drug already used to treat Parkinson's disease, may cure multiple sclerosis as it promotes myelin repair

Synthetic Rubber
Understanding of the effects of the ancillary ligand and the co-catalyst on isoprene polymerization

Learning a New Language: Moving Countries and Changing Subjects
Wilhelm T. S. Huck discusses what change means for scientists and how his research has evolved to the study of small water droplets

Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks
A library of novel 5-nitroimidazole antibiotics displayed broad-spectrum activity