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Mussels inspire innovative new adhesive for surgery

January 11, 2013 – 4:06 am

Mussels inspire innovative new adhesive for surgery - Mussels can be a mouthwatering meal, but the chemistry that lets mussels stick to underwater surfaces may also provide a highly adhesive wound closure and more effective healing from surgery.(10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.07.055)

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Greener route to carboxylic acids | Chemistry World

January 8, 2013 – 6:06 am

Greener route to carboxylic acids | Chemistry World - Chemists in Israel have developed a new way to oxidise primary alcohols to carboxylic acids, using water as both the reaction solvent and the source of oxygen. The method could result in a cleaner and safer way to generate carboxylic acids and their derivatives, which are important compounds for the chemical industry.(10.1038/nchem.1536)

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Synthetic chemistry: Steroids that only nature could make on a large scale, until now

January 4, 2013 – 3:03 pm

Synthetic chemistry: Steroids that only nature could make on a large scale, until now - Scientists have achieved a feat in synthetic chemistry by inventing a scalable method to make complex natural compounds known as "polyhydroxylated steroids." These compounds, used in heart-failure medications and other drugs, have been notoriously problematic to synthesize in the laboratory.(10.1126/science.1230631)

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