The 2012 Physics Nobel Prize goes to Serge Haroche and David Wineland for their work on measuring individual quantum systems
Nobel Prize in Physics 2012
Emil Fischer’s 160th Birthday
Hermann Emil Fischer, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, developed the Fischer projection for carbohydrates
Targeting Allosteric Regulations
The replication of hepatitis C virus can be blocked by compounds targeting an allosteric site in the viral protein NS3
Far Too Sensitive Explosives
Scientists prepared a highly energetic cation by amination of a tetrazole derivative
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 has been awarded jointly to Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka
REACH Registration Statistics
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published statistics on the origin and types of REACH registration dossiers and registered substances
New Kids on the Block: Base-Modified Nucleoside Triphosphates
Modified nucleoside triphosphates suitable for enzymatic amplification techniques, such as PCR, unlike phosphoramidite equivalents
Climate Change Shrinks Fish
Warming and reduced oxygen will reduce body size of marine fish
Anisotropy in Electronic Displays
A combined NMR and DFT approach helps understanding the behavior of liquid crystals
University World Ranking 2012 by TimesHE
The Times Higher Education University Ranking places Caltech in the top spot with the Univeristy of Oxford and Stanford joint second