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December 24, 2007
In The Niche Of Time
Unique ultrafast elecron imaging tools use time to help elucidate function.
December 17, 2007
National Chemistry Week Celebrates 20 Years
The 'Many Faces of Chemistry' were on display during National Chemistry week through ACS local section promotions and the K-12 Poster Contest.
December 17, 2007
Chemophilately
Chemistry stamps depict key discoveries, famous chemists, and chemical errors.
December 17, 2007
Burning Batteries
Hazardous failures of lithium-ion batteries are uncommon, yet researchers strive to minimize dangers.
December 17, 2007
Night-Shining Clouds
Studies of high-altitude clouds may illuminate atmospheric changes.
December 10, 2007
Rebound
A droplet of hexadecane bounces on a surface etched with nanoscale pillars and troughs.
December 10, 2007
Solar Mystery Solved
Japanese spacecraft finds conclusive evidence of waves that make sun's corona much hotter than its surface.
December 3, 2007
Musical Interlude
An animation of CO oxidation put to music by composer Philip Mayers for Ertl in 1996.
December 3, 2007
New Structure Analysis Technique
Combination of methods via computation yields first detailed structure of the nuclear pore complex.
November 26, 2007
Getting The Lead Out Of Bullets
Ammunition: Tungsten-tin composite provides alternative for hunters.
November 19, 2007
Suits and Lab Coats
Industry draws on academic know-how to help develop specialty chemicals and other new materials.
October 29, 2007
Butt In To Butt Out
Cigarette butts top the litter charts, but a healthy sense of outrage could snuff these eyesores out.
October 22, 2007
Chemistry Behind Bars
While balancing equations, inmates at San Quentin learn to balance their lives.
October 22, 2007
Magnetic Route To Photonic Crystals
Method yields tunable materials that diffract visible light selectively.
October 8, 2007
Liquid Gold Mine
Scientists in Norway are plumbing the seas for the next blockbuster medicine.
September 17, 2007
Viewing Microbial Metabolism
Mass spec paints a picture of nitrogen fixation by individual bacteria in animal cells.
September 10, 2007
Scenes From The ACS National Meeting In Boston
September 10, 2007
The Many Faces Of The National Meeting
August 21, 2007
Applications in Drug Discovery Podcasts
Couldn't make it to the Analytical Pavilion at the national meeting in Boston? Download C&EN podcasts of the speakers at the pavilion.
August 20, 2007
Roald Hoffmann: Chemist and Poet
Roald Hoffmann reads some of his poetry from the C&EN booth.
July 30, 2007
Pulling Action
Helicase travels one base pair at a time along DNA, building up so much tension after three steps that the DNA unwinds three base pairs at a time.
July 23, 2007
Hoping to Make the Cut
In April, Hopewell Valley Central High School junior Trevor Saunders became the first blind student to qualify for participation in the International Chemistry Olympiad. Watch Saunders complete the lab portion of the exam.
July 23, 2007
A Day With Blind Students Cary Supalo And Trevor Saunders
On May 22, C&EN reporter Linda Wang and blind Pennsylvania State University graduate student Cary Supalo (shown) visited Hopewell Valley Central High School, in Pennington, N.J., to document the progress of blind junior Trevor Saunders in using several new assistive tools for the chemistry lab.
June 11, 2007
CAS Timeline
100 years of progress from volunteers and index cards to cutting edge computers, see the progress of CAS.
June 11, 2007
The Incredible Vastness of Data
In the hands of CAS, a morass of data points ends up telling epic research stories, page by page.
May 21, 2007
Silicon-Based Spintronics
Study demonstrates flow of electron spin in workhorse material.
May 7, 2007
Abstracting the Expo
At the American Chemical Society national meeting, C&EN's Ivan Amato embarked on a photographic hunt-and-gather expedition in the exposition hall at McCormick Place.
March 5, 2007
Weizmann Institute of Science
Photo Galleries: Weizmann Institute of Science and Weizmann Garden of Science
February 19, 2007
Translation Movie
Movie, based on structural work in many laboratories, shows the process of mRNA-to-protein translation, including initiation, protein chain elongation, and termination.
February 19, 2007
Molecular Spring Movie
When tRNA enters the ribosome's A site, it acts like a molecular spring, first distorting to fit into the available space and then returning to its native shape.
February 19, 2007
Elongation Cycle of Protein Biosynthesis
Movie of the ribosome's elongation cycle, in which a growing peptide chain is elongated by addition of one amino acid, is based in part on cryo-electron microscopy studies of ribosome-ligand complexes.
February 19, 2007
Molecular Ratchet Motion
Movie shows how the small subunit of the ribosome rotates with respect to the large subunit and how both subunits reorganize structurally during translocation, the process in which tRNAs move to adjacent sites and mRNA progresses by the length of one codon.
February 19, 2007
HIV Takes A Punch: Hijacking
Retroviruses travel from infected cells (yellow) to healthy ones (green) along filopodia bridges.
February 19, 2007
HIV Takes A Punch: Expansion
This cartoon shows how retroviruses like HIV might spread from one infected cell to others in the human body over filopodia bridges.
January 29, 2007
Spider Seduction Requires UV Light
Sex-specific use of UV light to seek out a mate is a first.
January 22, 2007
'Walking' Molecules Carry CO2
January 22, 2007
Comet Wild 2's Complex Chemistry: Spacecraft Trajectory
Stardust followed this orbit as it caught up with comet Wild 2, then returned a capsule filled with comet particles to Earth.
January 22, 2007
Comet Wild 2's Complex Chemistry: Stardust Capsule Reentry
This movie taken from a NASA DC-8 aircraft shows the Stardust sample return capsule entering the atmosphere in the early morning hours of Jan. 15, 2006.
January 15, 2007
Materials At The Movies: "Gecko – On Shape and Function of Gecko Foot-Hair"
Amateur: First Prize
January 15, 2007
Claims Under Fire
The future of embryonic stem cell research in the U.S. may hinge on the current review of key patents
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