Adaptable, self-healing supramolecular gels with potential high-tech applications have been produced by UK chemists

Evolutionary Gel

Faster-than-Light Travel in 50 Years
50 years until Zefram Cochrane’s test flight of The Phoenix, Earth’s first warp ship; answer to Guess the Chemist 16

Wine Storage and Volatiles Composition
Spanish scientists revealed the effects of temperature and storage time on Chardonnay white wines’ volatiles composition

New Unnatural Amino Acid for Protein Engineering
Enzymatically synthesized unnatural amino acid offers new possibilities in protein research

Shale Gas in Europe
The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) released a position paper on the opportunity of shale gas in Europe

New Insights into Turbulent Processes
Computer code provides relativistic calculations for better understanding of turbulent processes

Total Synthesis of Gambieric Acids
First total synthesis of potent antifungal polycyclic ether, gambieric acid A, has established its unambiguous structure

Malaria: One Drug, Double Action
The 4(1H)-quinolone derivative ELQ-300 acts against the asymptomatic and symptomatic stages of malaria infection

New RNA Purine Building Blocks
First synthesis and consequent structure revision of 4'-selenoadenosine and 4'-selenoguanosine, starting from D-ribose

Photocatalytic Oxygenation of Benzene to Phenol
2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ) acts as efficient photocatalyst for the one-step oxygenation of benzene to phenol under visible-light irradiation