Chemistry News

One of a new line of synthetic antibiotics is showing promise in defeating deadly "superbugs," highly drug-resistant staph bacteria that are an increasing source of hospital-based infections.

The purpose of the JV is to identify a series of compounds with the potential of becoming new drugs with further research, and then to partner or sell the compounds to pharmaceutical companies interested in the ...

X-rays yield pictures and chemical clues that may help trace contaminants, thwart terrorists As part of the search for better ways to track and clean up soil contaminants, scientists at the U.S. Department of ...2.9

Scientists report developing a new way to "image" bacteria's internal chemistry as part of the search for better ways to find and remove soil contaminants.2.7

In the world of nanotubes, there's no denying that carbon is king. Carbon nanotubes claim the lion's share of high-profile journal articles, reports in the popular press, and presentations at major scientific ...2

Synthetic chemists looking to replace hydroxyl groups with hydrogen atoms can now do so without using toxic organotin hydride reagents, thanks to a new deoxygenation procedure for alcohols.2

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has just announced the winners of its 2005 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge.2.7

Iranian researcher Nushin Khosravi Talebi recently received the first award of the South African National Research Foundation.2.7

Your skin does change with age. For example, you sweat less and your skin can take longer to heal.5.5

Results reported at American Chemical Society meeting A chemical catalyst developed at Carnegie Mellon University completely destroys dangerous nitrophenols in laboratory tests, according to Arani Chanda, a ...

We may be slack in eating our veggies and fruits, but Americans still are consuming antioxidants by drinking coffee.2.7

A $503,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will enable the chemistry department at East Carolina University to equip its laboratories with two new mass spectrometers.2.7

By measuring the amount of antioxidants contained in the most common foods and beverages, and comparing them to U.S. government data on food consumption, researchers found that coffee far outpaced any other ...2.9

Discovery may lead to promising new research tools University of Oregon scientists report their discovery of the basis for the blue coloration found in many coral reef formations in an article published this ...2.7

Paper Chromatography with Leaves Leaves are starting to pick up their seasonal colors.2.7

A Duke University chemist has found differences in how ultraviolet light affects the photochemistry of human pigments that he says may explain why red-haired people are more prone to skin cancer than those with ...2.7

Research teams at Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd., Bayer CropScience and DuPont have developed two new classes of broad-spectrum insecticides that show promise as a safer and more effective way to fight pest insects ...3.1

When the Ink Spots sang "I love the java jive and it loves me" in 1940, they could not have known how right they were.5.1

Controlled tests of claims of water divining have been carried out in several countries.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - Scientists who are trying to figure out the origin of life on Earth are getting nearer to their goal, but they concede that they may never solve this profound mystery.2.7

Maggie Walser's parents are not exactly sure what sparked her interest in science or led her to ... Walser, a 1997 Eureka High School graduate who grew up in Eureka with her brother Matt, has bachelor's degrees with honors in chemistry and chemical engineering and a minor in earth and atmospheric chemistry from University of California, Irvine.2.7

RICHMOND, Va. -- A chain of letters and numbers scribbled on a board in Vlodek Gabara's office contains the code for a material credited with saving thousands of lives.2.7

The 237 students of Caltech's newest entering class have the look, at least on paper, of many of those who have gone before them.3.1

Kevin McCarthy mixes flavors at Givaudan in Cincinnati, where he is working as a cook.2.7

Published in the July/August 2001 issue. One type results in about 100,000 hospitalizations a year with a mortality rate of under 5%. The other is thought to cause fewer hospitalizations, yet the mortality rate ...2

If a living cell is replaced by a test-tube with DNA and a set of substances, it is possible to get proteins in a more simple and inexpensive way.3.1

Seventeen third-year organic chemistry students at Victoria University synthesised bacteria-fighting antibiotics as part of their course.

SO you want to win a Nobel prize: to become famous, powerful and maybe even very wealthy? If that's your ambition, I can't help you.2.7

Much of chemistry involves speculation on phenomena that are not directly observable.2.7

One student was from the University of Colorado, another from the University of Michigan and two from Mercy College, in nearby Dobbs Ferry.

If it werent for a summer research program he attended here six years ago, graduate student Jason Durand probably wouldnt be at UConn now.

Structural changes in proteins can impact the allergenicity of the sought-after seafood, scallops, report Japanese scientists.3.2

A scientific conference in New South Wales is examining alternatives to synthetic herbicides.2.7

Revolutionary treatments for psychosis, myeloid leukemia and dental disease; a process that yields cleaner gasoline; and materials to make smaller denser computer chips and microprocessors are the ...2.7

Coastal Holdings, Inc. today announced the appointment of Philip Drachman as the firm's consultant and lead advisor with respect to its mergers and acquisitions initiative in Israel.2.7