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Meet our author… Daniela Iacopino
Daniela Iacopino, a chemist working on organic nanostructures at the Tyndall National Institute, in the Republic of Ireland, takes some time away from her research to speak with us… Iacopino’s recent...
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Artificial Photosynthesis – submission deadline extended
Due to popular demand, the submission deadline for ChemComm‘s Artificial Photosynthesis web theme has been extended until 30th September 2011. Visit the original announcement for more details about the...
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Sugar injection to beat hospital infection
A carbohydrate from the surface of the most virulent strain of the bacterium Clostridium difficile has been synthesised by chemists in Germany. The molecule could be used to develop a vaccine against...
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Two for one – cleaning water and generating energy
A fuel cell system that can generate electricity from organic compounds and clean up wastewater at the same time has been developed by scientists in China. Yanbiao Liu from Shanghai Jiao Tong...
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ChemComm hits 100
Back in 2005, ChemComm moved to weekly publication. Content has grown so rapidly over the past few years that our 2011 issues now contain around 75 articles on average. We expect this growth to...
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Richard Schrock to be new ChemComm Chair
Richard R Schrock, Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry, MIT We are delighted to announce that Professor Richard R Schrock is to be our new chair of the ChemComm Editorial Board. Professor Schrock...
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Ginkgo biloba extract used to make Tamiflu
A new way of obtaining shikimic acid, the compound needed to make Tamiflu, has been discovered. Shikimic acid is normally obtained from star anise, a Chinese cooking spice. The shortage of star anise...
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Meet our author… Weiping Wang
Weiping Wang is now a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Professor Ying Chau at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has just passed his Ph.D. thesis defense and has been accepted...
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Cram Lehn Pedersen Prize – 2012 winner announced
Congratulations to Dr Jonathan Nitschke (University of Cambridge) who is the winner of the Cram Lehn Pedersen prize 2012. The prize, sponsored by ChemComm and named in honour of the winners of the 1987...
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RSC e-membership
This week, the RSC launched a new product, RSC e-membership, allowing anyone to access an electronic version of Chemistry World through a MyRSC account and to enjoy the benefits of electronic...
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