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Breast-Feeding May Protect Some Women Against Breast Cancer

  The Guardian Breast-Feeding May Protect Some Women Against BreastCancer Health.com ‎- “There are various explanations why breast-feeding seems to preventbreast cancer,” Gonzalez-Jimenez said. “The most probable of these are … read all at http://news.health.com/2013/08/15/breast-feeding-may-protect-some-women-against-breast-cancer/ By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter  

Chemists welcome newest member of nanocarbon family

The grossly warped nanographene has interesting optical and electronic properties © NPG A new family of nanocarbons has emerged with the growth of the first non-planar nanographene. Chemists from Boston College, US, and Nagoya University, Japan successfully synthesised a grossly warped nanographene by embedding non-hexagonal rings into a nanographene subunit. The unique structure was found… Continue reading Chemists welcome newest member of nanocarbon family

Star-Shaped Macromolecule Grabs Large Anions-Chemists at Indiana University Bloomington have created a symmetrical, five-sided macrocycle that is easy to synthesize and has characteristics that may help expand the molecular tool box available to researchers in biology, chemistry and materials sciences.

cure for diabetes This model shows the five-sided cyanostar macrocycle capturing perchlorate at its center. (Credit: Amar Flood)], Chemists at Indiana University Bloomington have created a symmetrical, five-sided macrocycle that is easy to synthesize and has characteristics that may help expand the molecular tool box available to researchers in biology, chemistry and materials sciences.The molecule,… Continue reading Star-Shaped Macromolecule Grabs Large Anions-Chemists at Indiana University Bloomington have created a symmetrical, five-sided macrocycle that is easy to synthesize and has characteristics that may help expand the molecular tool box available to researchers in biology, chemistry and materials sciences.

China Homecoming– As funding grows, more Chinese chemists who have studied abroad are returning home to become professors

INVESTING Graduate student Zepeng Yang at work in You’s laboratory at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry. Credit: Shuli You/ Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i23/China-Homecoming.html