In focus – Page 24
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SoundbiteMethylene blue
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives.
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The MolePrison break: could you escape from jail using a wet shirt?
On screen chemistry with Jonathan Hare
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FeatureBetter than antibiotics?
Chemicals that make bacteria lose their hair could be a new weapon in the fight against infections, and at the same time help to overcome the problem of antibiotic resistance
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FeatureDeadly things come in small packages
Painstaking work by chemists to characterise deadly alkaloids exuded in the skin of some brightly coloured poison arrow frogs has offered leads for new and useful pharmaceuticals
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FeatureLibrium and Valium - anxious times
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leo Sternbach, discoverer of the anti-anxiety drugs Librium and Valium
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The MoleOzone - in the news
A chemical observatory in Cape Verde providing chemists with new information about ozone levels
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SoundbiteLactones as biofuel
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives.
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FeatureAntimony revisited
The intriguing chemistry of antimony, one of the earliest elements to be discovered
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FeatureNanomedicine arrives
Nanoscale chemical entities target the building blocks of biology with medicinal consequences
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The MoleA day in the life of a regulatory affairs consultant: Adesola Obunge
Adesola has spent the past three years working for Parexel Consulting as a regulatory affairs consultant. She talks to James Berressem about her typical day
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The MoleEnergy, naturally
Natural photosynthesis produces billions of tonnes of energy in the form of sugar every year
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The MoleAvoiding detection: can you fool an infrared security camera?
On screen chemistry with Jonathan Hare
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FeatureThe Power of NMR: The Beginnings
Originally a curiosity of the quantum world, NMR is now an essential tool for chemists, biochemists and clinicians
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NewsAn old drug for a new problem
Medicinal compounds: John Mann takes a look at drugs on the market
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NewsProzac problems
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives
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The MoleA day in the life of an accountant: David Henderson
David is in the final year of a three-year contract with BDO Stoy Hayward to qualify as an accountant. He talks to James Berressem about his typical day