Blaise Pascal contested the idea that nature abhors a vacuum and is the answer to Guess the Chemist (8)
350th Anniversary: Blaise Pascal's Death
Towards Edible Crop Seeds
Identification of glucosinolate transporters might facilitate the production of edible crop seeds
Dow Replaces Hg Catalysts
Dow replaces mercury catalysts for polyurethane elastomer products
Angewandte Chemie 34/2012: In the Limelight
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Commercial Bio-based Acrylic Acid Process
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes jointly develop industrial biotechnology-based production process for acrylic acid from renewable raw materials
Non-enzymatic Pd Recovery
(Bio)Materials rich in amine groups are proposed as an ideal support for recovering Pd from waste
Bayer Prepares for Farming`s Future
Bayer CropScience completes acquisition of AgraQuest, a global supplier of innovative biological pest management solutions
Live Tagged
Sialic acid analog tagged with a fluorescent moiety could find application in live cell imaging according to Japanese researchers
Imaging Renal Acute Tubular Necrosis
Magnetic resonance imaging of hyperpolarized [1,4-13C2]fumarate can be used to detect early renal tubular necrosis
Growing for Gold
Gold nanoparticles grown on ionic liquid-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes have potential for photothermal therapy