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David Bradley Science Writer and
Advanced Chemistry Development are proud
to announce the release of Reactive Reports, a new web-based Chemistry
Magazine. Reactive Reports will provide the chemistry community with
cutting edge reports of exciting developments in the world of the chemical
sciences and related fields.
The first issue features research into longer-lasting batteries, new
materials made from self-assembling molecular tubes, the total synthesis of
an anticancer drug from a marine source and much more.
David Bradley is an award-winning science journalist based in Cambridge,
England. He is a chemist by training and was, for several years, deputy
editor for the RSC's primary research journal Chemical Communications.
He writes a weekly column for ChemWeb's The Alchemist and has contributed
to a wide variety of other publications including Science, New Scientist,
Chemistry in Britain and Chemistry & Industry. He can be
reached through his Elemental Discoveries web site at www.sciencebase.com
and when not preparing science words and pictures he spends time playing
cars, trains, bricks and swings with his children.
Advanced Chemistry Development (www.acdlabs.com) is the leader in
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specializes in PC and Web-based software for structure drawing, 1D and 2D
NMR processing and prediction, databases of H-1, C-13, F-19 and P-31
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NMR, IR, MS and UV-vis; chemical property prediction including Boiling
Point, pKa, logP, logD, and solubility; and IUPAC and CAS Index systematic
chemical naming, web-based LIMS, and integration with MDL- ISIS software.
Blistering barnacles - the total synthesis of anticancer agent bryostatin 2 first extracted from marine barnacles. Harvard University chemists have devised the first synthetic route to the potential anticancer drug bryostatin 2, which could also make it easier to
produce the archetypal member of the group, bryostatin 1.
Long live the battery - Israeli scientists bump up the life of batteries. Chemist Stuart Licht and colleagues at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel have devised a new type of battery that lasts 50% longer than everyday typical batteries based on "super iron".
Isoflavones - plant compounds that could benefit the uterus. Whether or not compounds found in soy and clover could reduce the risk
of endometrial cancer is the subject of a clinical trial recently launched by
the Center for Women's Health at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los
Angeles.
Balls and tubes - self assembly builds nanocomponents. A way to make nanoscale balls and tubes using the same building blocks has been designed by Jerry Atwood and his team at the University of Missouri in Columbia. The technique could speed up the development of new materials, biomimetic molecular devices, and molecular electronics.
ChemInt'99 - The chemical Web conference
Chemist's Art Gallery - science meets molecular art
General Chemistry Online - answers to chemical puzzles and
notes for understanding Periodic Features
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