ACS Highlights

Cosmetics Conundrum

C&EN
May 11, 2009

As a 2013 ban on animal testing looms in Europe, cosmetics makers fret over whether in vitro tests and simulations will pass muster.

Quantum Dot Bioprobes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C
May 2009

Quantum dot–ferrichrome bioprobes are used to recognize the Gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens isolated from Dong-Hu Lake in China.

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.

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