Odor code for food is based on a few volatile substances

Follow Your Nose

Probing Chirality
An organic probe that can determine the absolute configuration of 1,2-diamines has been developed

Chemistry of Brazuca, the World Cup Football
The 2014 World Cup football Brazuca has five polyurethane layers which make for its uniqueness

New Sensors for Drug Monitoring
Novel bioluminescent protein sensors monitor drug concentrations in patients’ samples in a fast, cheap, and precise manner

Drug Sensing by a Synthetic Receptor
Nanomechanical detection of methamphetamines and designer drugs

A Step Toward Scandium Radiopharmaceuticals
DOTA and its derivatives may be very suitable ligands for scandium radioisotopes for therapy

Break the Limit on NMR Sensitivity
A new spin polarization transfer approach breaks the conventional limit set on the enhancement of NMR sensitivity

Schüth New Vice President of Max Planck Society
Professor Ferdi Schüth, Germany, has been elected at the Annual Meeting of the Max Planck Society

Probe Ionic Liquid Acidity
Mesityl oxide can be used as an NMR probe to measure a wide acidity range for ionic liquids

The Biochemistry of Peppers – Part 2
We are only able to taste sweet, bitter, sour, salty, and umami – how do we taste hotness?