William M. Burton developed the first commercially successful cracking process for crude oil

60th Anniversary: William M. Burton's Death

Most Accessed Articles: November 2014
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals for November 2014

Total Synthesis of Tiacumicin B Aglycone
Efficient synthesis of the tiacumicin B aglycone as a basis for structure-activity studies

Intercept Signals for Bed Bug Gathering
Scientists finally identify the chemical components of the bed bug aggregation pheromone - premiss to develop commercial traps

Examine DNA Using a Phone
A handheld smartphone-based fluorescence microscopy platform can effectively image and size single DNA molecules

One Step Ahead of Antibiotic Resistances
Predicting and possibly preventing antibiotic resistances in bacteria

Behind the Science: Treatment of Caries with Silver Nanocomposites
Dr. Spiniello, ChemPlusChem, talks to Dr. Meledandri, University of Otago, New Zealand, about her recent article

Surgical Waste Becomes Useful
Extracellular matrix isolated from lipoaspiration surgical waste is used for cell cultivation in vitro

Continuous-Flow Synthesis of Ibuprofen
Ibuprofen can be synthesized on a large scale in three minutes in a continuous-flow synthesis

Epigenetics is Origami
The first high-resolution, 3-D maps of entire folded genomes revel the principles of chromatin looping