Migration of contaminates from plastic packaging depends on storage temperature and lipophilic nature of the packaged food
Food Contamination From Packaging
Mess-ter Comic – ROP is Easy!
A comic series by Sophie Lin: In part 3 she depicts how chemistry can sometimes surprise you
Make the Switch
Acid/base and anion exchange used to reversibly transition a urea-based [2]rotaxane between solution and gel states
CO2 Capture
Canadian researchers provide deeper insights into CO2 capture, "seeing" the exact sites where CO2 is held in capture material
Alcohol Most Harmful Drug
Study reveals that, overall, alcohol is the most harmful drug with heroin and crack cocaine in second and third places
Natural Flavorings
Heating ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and L-cysteine in solution at different pH results in formation of a complex mixture of aroma volatiles
Smoke Detection Improved
2,5-Dimethylfuran can be used to monitor environmental tobacco smoke levels and detect second-hand smoke
Quality Of Society Journals
Quality of publishing of ChemPubSoc Europe, RSC, and ACS journals
Up Close and Organic
Microscopy could beat NMR and crystallography for powerful 3D structure determinations of complex organic molecules
Angewandte Chemie 45/2010: Resonant Interactions
An overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition