Artificial helical peptide chains can induce enantioselectivity in some organic reactions, offering another clue to nature's chiral bias

Hermann Emil Fischer, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, developed the Fischer projection for carbohydrates

The Times Higher Education University Ranking places Caltech in the top spot with the Univeristy of Oxford and Stanford joint second

A new cross-linked terpolymer with great oil absorbing capacity possesses applications in oil spill prevention

The Korean Polymer Society and Wiley have presented two awards to up-and-coming young scientists in the field of polymer science

Mathias Christmann, Shu-Hong Yu, Masahiro Miura, and Chao-Jun Li were interviewed

Latest results for the predictions for the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Methyl ricinoleate can be used as a platform chemical for the synthesis of a variety of functional compounds of interest

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With pressure on oil, industrious chemists are seeking alternative routes to the feedstocks that can be transformed into useful products