New technique for noninvasive imaging of β cells could help understanding islet formation and the pathophysiology of diabetes
Visual Effects on β Cells
Hierarchical Zeolites Make It to Refinery
First successful commercial scale manufacture of mesostructured zeolite Y promising as fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst
Limonoid Extracts Give New Natural Products
Two new potential anticancer natural products from the bark of the tree Chisocheton erythrocarpus isolated and characterized
Sunshine and Meerwein
The classic Meerwein arylation is impoved by irradiation with visible light (sunshine)
Ceri-ously Simple
Organocerium reagents help to transform unreactive amides into reactive ketones in one step
Golden Bullets for Cancer
Alkynyl phosphine gold complexes show antiproliferative effects in tumor cells, enzyme inhibition, and influence angiogenesis
European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry Awards
European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC) awarded several prizes for outstanding medicinal chemistry research
Lanthanoid Single-Ion Magnets
Polyoxometalate-based mononuclear lanthanoid complexes provide new examples of single-ion magnets
Molecular Reaction Flasks
Hemicarcerands are well suited as molecular reaction flasks for the inner-phase stabilization of reactive intermediates
Plugging in a Ball and Socket
A supramolecular complex between a fullerene and a concave coronene derivative can be processed into photovoltaic devices