Chemistry News

• Chemical Precision
  Computer predicts reactions between molecules and surfaces, with 'chemical precision'.
• Nanocapsules for artificial photosynthesis

  Nanocapsules for artificial photosynthesis Imitating photosynthesis in plants? If we were to accomplish this, mankind would have a little less to worry about. Chemists from the University of W?rzburg have now made progress on the road to achieving artificial photosynthesis. Image: Nanocapsule, made in W?rzburg: Thousands of similar molecules are packed together to create a capsule that is filled with molecules of a different kind. [Figure: Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of W?rzburg]

• How size matters for catalysts
  Study links size, activity, electronic properties.
• Mimicking nature, scientists can now extend redox potentials
  New insight into how nature handles some fundamental processes is guiding researchers in the design of tailor-made proteins for applications such as artificial photosynthetic centers, long-range electron transfers, and fuel-cell catalysts for energy conversion.
• New discoveries in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  Moonlighting Proteins HAL3 and VHS3 Form a Heteromeric PPCDC with YKL088w in Yeast CoA Biosynthesis.