Report from the 10th Winter Conference on Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry, January 2011, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA
Medicinal Chemistry and Ice Hockey
Converting Heat into Electricity
TAGS, an alloy that converts heat into electricity, is improved by 25 % through doping with cerium or ytterbium
Chiral Separation of Ibuprofen
The simultaneous reaction and separation of the active form of ibuprofen has been achieved using a microfluidic device
Highly Reactive or Wholly Unstable?
Atomic volume proves to be a useful descriptor for predicting the stability of highly oxidized organic molecules
Ocean Pollution & Rainfall
New way to estimate global rainfall and track ocean pollution
Simple Synthesis of New Antibacterial Family
Simple analogues of platensimycin, inhibitors of bacterial enzymes, are made in just two-flask reactions from commercial aldehydes
Most Accessed Articles: January 2011
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for January 2011
Vincent van Gogh: Fading to Brown
Identification of chemical reaction responsible for the degradation of two paintings by Vincent van Gogh could help in their preservation
European Women in Chemistry
European Women in Chemistry edited by Jan Apotheker and Livia Simon Sarkadi, reviewed by Francesco De Angelis, University of l’Aquila, Italy
Novel Anti-Influenza Drugs
Two-step strategy presents a new route for the design of structurally novel anti-influenza drugs