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October 24, 2011
Bryostatins Retain Promise pp. 10-17
New results in total synthesis reinvigorate a 40-year-old field of research. (pp. 10-17)
October 24, 2011
For Cave's Art, An Uncertain Future pp. 38-40
Disagreement on conservation course of action complicates a potential reopening. (pp. 38-40)
October 24, 2011
Cancer Stem Cells pp. 41-43
Researchers zero in on the pathways that allow cancer to bounce back after treatment. (pp. 41-43)
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October 24, 2011
Bryostatins Retain Promise
(October 24, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 43 | pp. 10-17)New results in total synthesis reinvigorate a 40-year-old field of research.
For Cave's Art, An Uncertain Future
(October 24, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 43 | pp. 38-40)Disagreement on conservation course of action complicates a potential reopening.
Cancer Stem Cells
(October 24, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 43 | pp. 41-43)Researchers zero in on the pathways that allow cancer to bounce back after treatment.
What's That Stuff? Blue Jeans
(October 24, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 43 | p. 44)Making the iconic pants requires both color-addition and color-removal chemistry.
Shedding Nanoparticles
(October 24, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 43 | p. 5)Materials Science: Chemists observe metal objects sloughing off ions to form nanoparticles.
Modifying Messenger RNA
(October 24, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 43 | p. 7)Chemical Biology: Methylated bases in mRNA may have roles in gene regulation and obesity.
Lab-On-A-Chip For Planets, Moons
(October 24, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 43 | p. 8)Microfluidics: Automated chip is designed to detect extraterrestrial amino acids.
New Editor For Analytical Chemistry
(October 24, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 43 | p. 9)Publishing: Jonathan Sweedler to take the helm.
Science & Technology Concentrates
(October 24, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 43 | p. 37)- Hydrogenase Spills Secret
- Crystallography reveals novel cluster behind oxygen tolerance, opening up new possibilities for fuel-cell applications
- Brainy Route To Prostaglandins
- Pathway produces prostaglandins differently in the brain than elsewhere in the body
- MOFs Sop Up Oil
- Fluorinated metal-organic framework materials selectively adsorb hydrocarbons
- Planet-Forming Disk Soaked In Cold Water
- Cold water from ice grains add more to picture of solar system formation and water deposition
- Cells Get Electric Jolt, Then A Shot
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Nanofocus
Coverage of original content and collected nanotechnology news throughout the ACS.
June 27, 2011
Nanoparticles Working Together
Cancer Therapy: Tiny materials 'talk' to one another to locate, treat tumors in mice.
June 13, 2011
Building Small
Nanotechnology makes inroads in the construction industry.
June 13, 2011
Sticky Tape Sorts Nanotubes
Nanoscientists unveil sticky polymer films that selectively separate metallic and semiconducting SWNTs.
June 9, 2011
A Simple Test Spots Bacteria
Biosensors: A strip of filter paper changes color when exposed to bacteria.
May 30, 2011
Peptide-Nanotube Assemblies Create Superstructures
Specially designed biomolecules coil around nanotubes and guide supramolecular ordering.
May 23, 2011
Molecules Vanish In Nanotubes
Molecular dipoles induce mirror-image nanotube dipole that screen molecules from IR light.
May 23, 2011
Using The Force On Cancer
Researchers probe the mechanics of tumor cells with atomic force microscopy and explore the technique as a diagnostic tool.
Critter Chemistry
Chemistry isn't confined to laboratories and classrooms. Nature is full of chemistry, too. "Critter Chemistry" demonstrates the active role chemistry takes in the animal kingdom.
Reel Science
Science in classic movies, reviewed and explained.
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Contagion
Biomedical thriller gets the science right, but at the expense of making a good movie...
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The Last Mountain
About a year ago, a little publicized, unheralded documentary named "Mountaintop Removal" attempted to...
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Limitless
A writer who falls on hard times takes an experimental drug that gives him unbounded mental powers.
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Tron: Legacy
It has been 28 years since the release of the ground breaking science-fiction adventure "Tron," the story of Kevin Flynn (Bridges), a video-game programmer who gets sucked into the virtual grid of the very game he created, only to disappear forever.
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Inception
Deep in the languid, humid center of summer comes writer-director Christopher Nolan's "Inception," an eye-dazzling, intellect-revving jolt of a sci-fi heist film.
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Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist
They work 80-hour weeks for a pittance. And for every experiment that succeeds, 10 more will fail. So why do scientists do science?
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