The lasting sweet taste of some fruits could be due to strong binding interaction with the tongue’s epithelial cells rather than its taste pores
Testing Taste
Mess-ter Comic – ROP is Easy!
A comic series by Sophie Lin: In part 3 she depicts how chemistry can sometimes surprise you
Alcohol Most Harmful Drug
Study reveals that, overall, alcohol is the most harmful drug with heroin and crack cocaine in second and third places
DBU’s German Environmental Award
Most lucrative environmental prize in Europe awarded; special prize goes to Mikhail Gorbachev
Replacing a Ring with a Ball
Asborin, the carbaborane-containing analogue of aspirin, holds promise as lead structure for aldo/keto reductase (AKR) inhibition
A Twist in the Tail
Compound in scorpion venom is found to suppress vascular smooth muscle cell migration and could help heart surgery
Easier Tubulysins: Delivered!
Delivery of tubulysin analogues using dendrimer conjugation technology promises efficacy without toxicity
Industrial-scale CO2 'Storage' Plant
First industrial-scale plant for CO2 'storage' by algae
Quality Of Society Journals
Quality of publishing of ChemPubSoc Europe, RSC, and ACS journals
Soft Drink Supports Anti-cancer Drug
Experiments with an artificial stomach suggest that Sprite could improve the effectiveness of an oral anticancer drug