New pattern recognition program helps identify protein-coding genes to decode genome of woodland strawberry
Wild Strawberries Sequenced
Diversity Without Protecting Groups
Mild, multicomponent reaction allows the introduction of four diversity points in one step, leading to benzoxazinone derivatives
Isolating Carbonic Acid
Gas-phase carbonic acid should not exist according to textbooks, but it has now been isolated and examined spectroscopically
Don’t Waste Waste Chemicals
Substance found in compost shown to degrade organic pollutants
Viral ZnO Nanoparticles
Binding ZnO nanoparticles to polyhedrosis virus suitable for biological applications such as surface display technologies
Hydrogels – Enhanced Swelling Ratios
Unique strategy enabled the preparation of highly swelling and rapidly deswelling hydrogels - potential applicability as biomaterials
Elution Teases Proteins from Tissue
Competitive elution selectively pulls proteins from tissue and avoids false-positives
Enough Heat to Chill Out
New application for MOFs – High Water Uptake Capacity of Mesoporous Material Ideal for Use in Heat Transformation Applications
Design of Polymeric Porous Adsorbent Media
Methodology developed for the design, construction, and characterization of porous media for ion exchange chromatography
New Year’s Eve Chemistry
Be the life and soul of the party with these fun, chemistry-based facts