Artificial Sniffer Dogs

Artificial Sniffer Dogs

Building a sensor with an "artificial nose" – using fluorescent compounds and DNA – could make sniffer dogs redundant

Halogen Sense

Halogen Sense

Enzymatic fiber-optic biosensor could be used as a continuous in situ monitoring device for halogenated environmental pollutants

Silvery Sheen for Fluorination

Silvery Sheen for Fluorination

A silver-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction allows incorporation of fluorine into aromatic groups with high molecular complexity

Turn and Turn Again

Turn and Turn Again

Peptoid trimers with reverse-turns have been created by tactical incorporation of hydrogen bonding side chains

Entry Denied

Entry Denied

Identification of entry inhibitor could lead to HIV being stopped before it enters the cell

Agelastatin Activity

Agelastatin Activity

The biologically active agelastatins have succumbed to an efficient total synthesis on the gram scale opening up their potential as anticancer drugs

Strut Your Stuff

Strut Your Stuff

Donor–acceptor [2]catenane-containing struts incorporated into a 3D MOF at precise locations with uniform orientations