Posted on 14. January, 2016.

The Journal of Chemical Research is a monthly journal which has a broad international authorship and publishes research papers and reviews in all branches of experimental chemistry. Established in 1977 as a joint venture by the British, French and German chemical societies it maintains the high standards set by the founding societies.

Posted on 5. January, 2016.

The Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) belongs to the Timaliidae family (Passeriformes) and is widely distributed throughout southern China, northern Vietnam and western and northern Myanmar. The bird is a regionally common or dominant species and plays an important role in forest ecosystems. 

Posted on 5. January, 2016.

Numerous biological experiments have demonstrated that DNA is the primary intracellular target of anticancer drugs due to the intercalation between small molecules and DNA, which can cause DNA damage in cancer cells, blocking their division and resulting in cell death. So to develop new and efficient DNA intercalators to be used as anticancer drugs is an urgent and important task.

Posted on 4. January, 2016.

The availability of some simple chiral monoterpenoids has led to their use in various ways in synthesis. A previous article reviewed the acyclic synthons that were easily accessible from citronellol 1, linalool 2 and limonene 3. This free review article is concerned with the cyclic chiral synthons that can be readily obtained from these monoterpenoids as well as car-3-ene 4, α-pinene 5 and camphor 7. The article will group these chiral synthons in terms of the size of the ring containing the chiral fragment.

Posted on 4. January, 2016.

Human remains are present in a number of contexts. Some of these are archaeological burial sites, which can comprise individual or mass graves burials. 

Posted on 31. December, 2015.

Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful 2016.

Posted on 31. December, 2015.

Science Progress is now available as a free to download abstract edition.