The molecule for this week comes from research out of the Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry Group at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and concerns altering pyridinone N-substituents to optimize activity as potential prodrugs for …

A new study published in Science hints at a connection between sleep (or lack thereof) and the development of Alzheimer’s disease.  In both mice and humans, amyloid-beta peptide levels rose during waking hours, but then fell …

You found an article that really grabbed your attention and you cannot wait to share it. Great! So where do you begin? Start by choosing a specific idea, fact, or result and use it to …

A current worry amongst environmentalists is that the Lithium-Ion batteries that are being integrated into newer car models (specifically hybrids) won’t be recycled. This is an interesting thought, considering:
Car batteries actually have the highest recycling …

This comes soon after IBM researchers imaged a single molecule using AFM.
To create these images, the researchers used a field-emission electron microscope, or FEEM. They placed a rigid chain of carbon atoms, just tens of …

Spire Corporation invested millions of dollars in a solar cell module factory at the prison in Otisville, NY. The company made this decision after they received a letter from Nasdaq saying they would be delisted …

This article focuses on the synthesis of iron catalysts which are less toxic than those used in industry (Ryan J. Trovitch, Emil Lobkovsky, Marco W. Bouwkamp, Paul J. Chirik. Organometallics 2008 27, 6264-6278). Oxidative addition …