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The Chemistry Behind the Russian Doping Scandal – in C&EN
The run-up to the Rio Olympics has been overshadowed by a number of issues, not least of which is the doping scandal surrounding Russian competitors. This month’s Periodic Graphics in C&EN looks at the alleged chemical cocktail that was used to dope Russian athletes at the 2012 London Games and ...
The Chemistry of Turmeric
Fluorescence, Indicator, and Health Effects
If you’ve ever madea curry, you’ve likely usedturmeric – you may even have some in your kitchen right now. It’s probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about doing chemistry, but there are actually some pretty neat chemistry tricks you can do with it! In this post, we ...
A Basic Guide to How LED Lights Work
Christmas isn’t far off now, and whether you’re celebrating it or not, you’ve may well have started seeing Christmas lights starting to appearadorning houses and Christmas trees. How do these lights actually work, and how can they be made to produce such an array of colours? This graphic takes a ...
Tackling Stress and Anxiety with Chemistry
Christmas is meant to be a relaxing time spent with family, but gift-shopping and family dinners can sometimes pile on the stress over the holiday period. For others, anxiety is a year-round battle.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016
In 2016 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for discovering the mechanisms of autophagy.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015
Youyou Tu, William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 for their discoveries in the area of parasitology.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 was awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for having mapped how cells repair damaged DNA.
Molecular Machines
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Today the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir Fraser Stoddart, and Bernard Feringa for their work onthe design and production of molecular machines with controllable movements.
Understanding the Drug Discovery Process
As a consumer, it’s easy to be oblivious to the amount of time, work, and money that goes into the development of a drug. The cost of developing a drug that goes on to gain marketing approval was estimated to be $2,558 million in 2014, and the process can commonly last longer than a decade. ...
Chemical Warfare
Poison Gases in World War 1
A range of different chemicals were used as weapons throughout WWI. The French were actually the first to utilise them in conflict, when they attempted to use tear gas against the German army in August 1914. The precise agent used seems to be uncertain, with both xylyl bromide and ethyl ...
