Chemical & Engineering News: JACS In C&EN

Single Molecule Channels Water

nobody@acs.org("Celia Henry Arnaud") — 28 May 2012 05:00:31 +0000

Nanotechnology: Molecular tube transports water across lipid membrane

Surface Do-Overs

nobody@acs.org("Carmen Drahl") — 28 May 2012 05:00:29 +0000

Photochemistry: Rapid reaction attaches protein or dyes

DNA’s Destiny Lies In Its Solvation

nobody@acs.org("Erika Gebel") — 24 May 2012 15:05:00 +0000

Genomics: Researchers can predict whether a DNA sequence codes for mRNA or tRNA based on its interactions with water

Single Molecule Channels Water

nobody@acs.org("Celia Henry Arnaud") — 24 May 2012 14:42:22 +0000

Nanotechnology: Molecular tube transports water across lipid membrane

Frustrated Lewis Pair Starts A New Radical Family

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 21 May 2012 16:47:14 +0000

Metal-Free Reactions: Unquenched acid-base complex captures NO to form versatile nitroxide radicals

Ruthenium Switches On To Kill Cancer Cells

nobody@acs.org("Journal News and Community") — 21 May 2012 05:00:37 +0000

After activation by light, ruthenium bipyridine complexes become more potent than cisplatin

A Drug Carrier That Dissolves In Cells

nobody@acs.org("Erika Gebel") — 15 May 2012 21:38:21 +0000

Cellular Delivery: Protein-based particles release nucleic acids by dissolving inside cells

Frustrated Lewis Pair Starts A New Radical Family

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 15 May 2012 20:05:25 +0000

Metal-Free Reactions: Unquenched acid-base complex captures NO to form versatile nitroxide radicals

Chemists Ponder Benzene Jailbirds

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 14 May 2012 05:00:32 +0000

Computational study investigates how benzene molecules in dimers can escape or re-form into other molecules

Modeling Nanotube Reactions

nobody@acs.org("Lauren K. Wolf") — 14 May 2012 05:00:26 +0000

Theoretical Chemistry: Approach predicts outcome of nanotube functionalization

Zeolites Don’t Mind Hot Water

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 14 May 2012 05:00:24 +0000

Catalysis: Organosilyl groups stabilize workhorse catalysts for aqueous-phase reactions

Turning On Ruthenium To Kill Cancer Cells

nobody@acs.org("Sarah Webb") — 09 May 2012 17:42:25 +0000

Anticancer Agents: After activation by light, a ruthenium complex becomes more potent than cisplatin

A Timely Release Of Gene-Silencing Molecules

nobody@acs.org("Erika Gebel") — 07 May 2012 18:37:54 +0000

Drug Delivery: Polymer particles deliver nucleic acids with low toxicity

Spring-Loaded Nanoparticles Sense Proteases

nobody@acs.org("Journal News and Community") — 30 Apr 2012 05:00:44 +0000

A nanoparticle squeezed by peptides could help detect active enzymes associated with disease?

Polymer Protects Proteins

nobody@acs.org("Kenneth J. Moore") — 30 Apr 2012 05:00:03 +0000

Biochemistry: Glycopolymer guards proteins against heat and freeze-drying better than current stabilizers

Simple Probe Allows Drug Candidate Screening Without Labels

nobody@acs.org("Erika Gebel") — 27 Apr 2012 12:37:26 +0000

Drug Discovery: A small molecule fluoresces only when dislodged from a protein target by a drug molecule

Versatile Chemistry With Carbenes

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 23 Apr 2012 05:00:22 +0000

ACS Meeting News: Stable carbenes and their analogs have rich potential for applications beyond catalysis

The Subtle Interplay of Nanoparticles and Bacteria

nobody@acs.org("Prachi Patel") — 19 Apr 2012 05:00:03 +0000

Nanomaterials: The antibacterial potency of nanoparticles depends on their size and on the bacterial species’ membrane structure

Spring-Loaded Nanoparticles Sense Proteases

nobody@acs.org("Erika Gebel") — 18 Apr 2012 21:32:00 +0000

Biosensors: A nanoparticle squeezed by peptides could help detect active enzymes associated with disease

Grab-And-Go Palladium Catalyst

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 16 Apr 2012 05:00:24 +0000

Novel nanoparticle catalyst pulls thiols and selenols from mixtures and couples them with alkynes to make vinyl compounds

Nanoparticle Arrays For Faster Electronics

nobody@acs.org("Prachi Patel") — 16 Apr 2012 05:00:23 +0000

Materials Science: First uniform arrays of topological insulators grown

Trapping Targets Of Methylating Enzymes

nobody@acs.org("Amanda Yarnell") — 09 Apr 2012 05:00:34 +0000

Method could help scientists figure out the roles these enzymes play in cells

Shielding Soldiers With Fabric

nobody@acs.org("Lauren K. Wolf") — 09 Apr 2012 05:00:08 +0000

ACS Meeting News: Defense agency funds research to combine nanoparticles and textiles for protective clothing of the future

Protein Motion Capture

nobody@acs.org("Carmen Drahl") — 09 Apr 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Studies extend utility of thioamide fluorescent probes of protein folding

Precise Nanoparticle Arrays Could Herald Exotic Electronics

nobody@acs.org("Prachi Patel") — 06 Apr 2012 16:52:00 +0000

Device Fabrication: Growing uniform bismuth-based topological insulators at well-defined spots might be a step towards spin-based electronics

New Ligand Works In A Pinch

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 02 Apr 2012 05:00:53 +0000

ACS Meeting News: Tridentate pincer ligand is the first to use three carbon atoms as donors to a transition-metal cation

Blood Test Flags Breast Cancer Recurrence

nobody@acs.org("Celia Henry Arnaud") — 02 Apr 2012 05:00:52 +0000

ACS Meeting News: Mass-spec-based assay is more sensitive and detects recurrence earlier than current test

New Class Of Superbases

nobody@acs.org("Stu Borman") — 02 Apr 2012 05:00:30 +0000

Catalysis: Cyclopropenimines act as enantioselective catalysts

New Class Of Superbases

nobody@acs.org("Stu Borman") — 30 Mar 2012 16:58:00 +0000

Catalysis: Cyclopropenimines act as enantioselective catalysts

Custom Lanthanide Probes

nobody@acs.org("Carmen Drahl") — 26 Mar 2012 20:48:00 +0000

ACS Meeting News: Tailoring strategy permits tracking of diverse analytes

Single Gene Tracks Cells In Multiple Ways

nobody@acs.org("Journal News and Community") — 26 Mar 2012 05:00:23 +0000

Cells spotted on MRI, fluorescence imaging, and nuclear-medicine scans

Touch Of Gold Makes Catalyst Shine

nobody@acs.org("Bethany Halford") — 19 Mar 2012 05:00:31 +0000

Adding gold to bimetallic nanoparticles improves the fuel-cell catalyst’s function and durability

Ionic Membranes Go Metallic

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 19 Mar 2012 05:00:13 +0000

Polymer Science: Cross-linked metal ionomers expand options for fuel-cell applications

Single Gene Allows Scientists To Track Cells In Multiple Ways

nobody@acs.org("Katherine Bourzac") — 15 Mar 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Imaging: Cells spotted on MRI, fluorescence imaging, and nuclear-medicine scans

Ionic Membranes Go Metallic

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 14 Mar 2012 18:43:00 +0000

Polymer Science: Cross-linked metal ionomers expand options for fuel-cell applications

Nanoparticles Release Drugs On Demand

nobody@acs.org("Jeffrey M. Perkel") — 13 Mar 2012 20:42:51 +0000

Drug delivery: Zapped with ultraviolet light, polymer particles shrink

Algal Toxin Breaks Ring Record

nobody@acs.org("Journal News and Community") — 12 Mar 2012 05:00:48 +0000

Natural product has 17 contiguous polycyclic ether rings—the most of any marine algal toxin

Hydrogenation At Isolated Atoms

nobody@acs.org("Mitch Jacoby") — 08 Mar 2012 23:58:00 +0000

Catalysis: Tiny quantities of palladium boost copper’s surface activity

Algal Toxin Breaks Record

nobody@acs.org("Melissae Fellet") — 05 Mar 2012 17:53:00 +0000

Natural Products: The molecule has the largest number of contiguous polycyclic ether rings—17—of any marine algal toxin

Black Carbon Belchers

nobody@acs.org("Journal News and Community") — 05 Mar 2012 06:00:47 +0000

Cars may produce more climate-warming particles than previously thought

Multiplexed Raman microscopy

nobody@acs.org("Celia Henry Arnaud") — 05 Mar 2012 06:00:46 +0000

Tunable filter expands Raman imaging technique to multiple wavelengths simultaneously

A Better Disulfide Reducing Agent

nobody@acs.org("Journal News and Community") — 05 Mar 2012 06:00:43 +0000

Dithiobutylamine is a faster, and more chemically useful, reducing agent for breaking cysteine-cysteine sulfur linkages

A Better Disulfide Reducing Agent

nobody@acs.org("Jeffrey M. Perkel") — 01 Mar 2012 20:34:00 +0000

Protein Biochemistry: Dithiobutylamine is a fast reducing agent for breaking cysteine-cysteine sulfur linkages