ACS Highlights

Store Ammonia as a Solid

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
April 2009

This silane synthesis makes an ammine salt that may be useful for storing ammonia; its volumetric ammonia density is almost as great as that of liquid ammonia.

Unraveling Parkinson's

Chemical Research in Toxicology
April 2009

Uncovered evidence explains how dopamine, oxidative stress, and lipid peroxidation combine to cause neurodegeneration that leads to Parkinson’s disease.

President aims to raise federal R&D funding to 3% of GDP.

Bioavailable Iron

Journal of the American Chemical Society
April 2009

New insight has been gained into the mechanism of the uptake and storage of iron in a safe and bioavailable form by bacterioferritin proteins.

Atherosclerosis Imaging

Biconjugate Chemistry
April 2009

Synthetic high-density lipoproteins—labeled with gadolinium and rhodamine—are used as contrast agents for imaging atherosclerosis.

Getting BODIPY in Water

Organic Letters
April 2009

The BODIPY dye (4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene) is an important nonradioactive label in biological analysis. Here are some ways to make it water-soluble.

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