ACS Highlights

Long Journey

C&EN
June 29, 2009

Chemist travels through Native American land to improve education one student, one instructor at a time.

Lightweight CO2 Captor

Journal of Physical Chemistry A
June 2009

This lithium aluminate absorbs CO2 over a wide temperature range, may be an alternative to capturing agents based on heavier elements.

Oxygen Imaging Probes

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
June 2009

Controllable dendritic probes are used to image oxygen levels in biological systems by phosphorescence quenching.

W and Ge with Cu, Co, or Mn

Analytical Chemistry
June 2009

Researchers have now created tungstogermanates that contain copper, cobalt, or manganese.

EPA's plan to adopt in vitro methods for toxicity testing gets mixed reviews from stakeholders.

Dendron Catalysts

Journal of Organic Chemistry
May 2009

Here’s a look at the benefits of some chiral (proline-based) amphiphilic dendritic organocatalysts.

Emerging Science

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