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Sensing a turn on The list of biological processes that rely on nitric oxide (NO) continues to grow - it is involved in muscle relaxation, the immune response, memory and, of course, sexual arousal and plenty more besides.
CAS Electronic pre-prints are now being abstracted by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the company says, although it estimates that pre-prints will amount to no more than 1% of its database this year.
Plotting chemicals Researchers at Northwestern University have built a device that can draw patterns of tiny lines just 30 molecules thick and a single molecule high.
Fullerenes on film According to Prashant Kamat of Notre Dame Radiation laboratory Notre Dame, Indiana, fullerenes are possible candidates for harvesting solar energy but past efforts have reported very low photocurrents (less than a microampere).
Meteoric fullerenes? Roger Taylor one of the original team at the University of Sussex that discovered the fullerenes has now reported that fullerenes are not found in ancient meteorite deposits as some researchers had previously claimed. The discovery sheds a different light on a recent patent refusal.
Antony Williams (ACD/Labs):
An Introduction to CODA: Integration into ACD/MS Manager
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The availability of MS-based techniques has certainly entered the hands of the masses. With decreasing costs and reduced footprints for the instrumentation and more intuitive software interfaces for non-specialists to utilize mass spectrometry in an open-access laboratory environment, MS is now routinely available. So there is a need for a desktop MS processing and analysis toolkit. ACD/MS Manager is a software module which provides one manner in which to address these needs.
ACD/MS Manager is utilized the COmponent Detection Algorithm, CODA, which is a method that was specifically developed for LC/MS data in order to reduce random noise and high background so as to simplify interpretation of the data. Continue...
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Mike McBrien, Eduard Kolovanov, Antony Williams (ACD/Labs):
A Molecular Structure Based Software System for LC Simulation
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The advent of accurate prediction of partition coefficients for ionizable species (Log D 's),has created the opportunity to predict retention times of compounds for various chromatographic systems,using an initial characterization set.This retention time prediction gives the chromatographer unprecedented ability to evaluate archived separation techniques prior to experimentation,and to modify conditions to optimize chromatographic conditions. Continue... |
Student's SnapShot Molecules
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If you are working on
a fascinating formulation or a marvellous material, or
perhaps you simply think your compound is simply cool,
then tell us about it and you could win a copy of the
fantastic ACD/ChemFolder!
First Prize is a copy of ACD/ChemFolder,
Second Prize is a copy of Commercial ChemSketch
including the DICTIONARY.
The runners-up prize will be an ACD t-shirt and baseball
cap.
So, get sketching and let's see those cool compounds. |
ACD/Labs proudly announced the winner of the first ACD
Scholar of the Year Award at the ACS meeting on 27th
March, in San Francisco.
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There were plenty of
entries for the judges to wade through and with work presented
being of the highest scientific standard the final decision
was a difficult one to make. The three winners, in order,
were Györgyi
Kovács, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University
of Szeged, Hungary, Valentine
P. Ananikov, ND Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry,
Russian Academy of Sciences, and Oleh
Tanchak, the Department of Applied Chemical and Biological
Sciences, Ryerson Polytechnic University. Honourable mention
was given to Jiansuo Wang, Institute of Physical Chemistry
& College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking
University. Reactive Reports extends a hearty congratulations
to all the winners!
The ACD/Labs Scholar of
the Year 2000 is already announced! |
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