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August 28, 2008

Camera Iris Mechanism Saves Bacteria

Complementary approaches capture ion channel in its open form

August 19, 2008

Tiny Devices Get A Grip

Tetherless grippers grab and move wee objects

August 18, 2008

Converging Pathways

Chemical companies and environmentalists edge closer together in the pursuit of sustainability

August 4, 2008

Flooded Out Of Their Labs

Displaced University of Iowa faculty strive to advance research while waiting to learn extent of lab damage

July 28, 2008

Sugar-Coated Science

Cooking and comedy combine for some sweet results

July 21, 2008

Spreading The Joy Of Science

Bayer's worldwide educational programs show students and the public the wonder of science

July 17, 2008

Gold Complex Changes Color Reversibly

Grinding and exposure to solvents trigger phase transformations and color changes

July 7, 2008

What's That Stuff? Bowling Balls

Knocking down pins and getting strikes with polymer science and surface chemistry

July 7, 2008

Took Only A Spark

This Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board video of Barton Solvents plant's destruction explains how a tank farm explosion and fire could have been avoided with proper equipment grounding and better handling of nonconductive flammable liquids

July 7, 2008

Follow The Green Spot

An ultraviolet-light-emitting diode creates a green cloud in a photochromic solution

June 30, 2008

Materials Matter

Quirky library bridges the gap between matter and design

June 23, 2008

Electron Microscopy For Chemists

Advances in imaging and elemental analysis move TEM toward the realm of analytical chemistry

June 23, 2008

Molecular Cage May Contain ... Nothing

Self-assembled prisms may enclose empty spaces rather than solvent

June 18, 2008

Chaperonin's Lid Works Like A Camera's Iris

Proteins lid shuts to give proteins privacy while folding inside

April 7, 2008

Surface Science's Sage

Priestley Medalist Gabor A. Somorjai has been advancing surface chemistry for nearly five decades

March 20, 2008

Switches For The Body Electric

Double-bond isomerization makes new ways to control nerve impulses available

March 20, 2008

Extrasolar Gas Discovered

Astronomers thrilled at sighting of methane on distant planet

February 20, 2008

Measuring Atomic Friction

Advances in atomic force microscopy allow scientists to measure single-atom forces on a surface

February 20, 2008

Rubber Heals Itself

Small molecules yield self-mending property

February 18, 2008

Harvesting Project SEED

C&EN catches up with past participants in ACS's 40-year-old mentoring program.

February 7, 2008

How An Anti-HIV Drug Sidesteps Resistance

Inhibitor modifies its shape to accommodate changes in enzyme conformation.

January 14, 2008

Surprise From SN2 Snapshots

Ion velocity measurements unveil additional unforeseen mechanism.