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Pinpoint creation of chirality by organic catalysts

Minimal structural change in catalyst enables stereochemical inversion for the synthesis of amino acid derivatives [caption id="attachment_12011" align="alignnone" width="606"] A slight change in the structure of the organocatalyst generates the other diastereomer in high efficiency.Credit…

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Gaia sky scan

[caption id="attachment_12008" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC; acknowledgement: B. Holl (University of Geneva, Switzerland) on behalf of DPAC[/caption] This may look like a brightly decorated Easter egg wrapping, but it actually represents how ESA’s Gaia satellite…

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NIH grant funds Center for Engineering Complex Tissues…

Biomedical technology resource will build a community around biomaterials [caption id="attachment_12005" align="alignright" width="217"] Antonios Mikos (Photo by T. LaVergne/Rice University)[/caption] HOUSTON – Bioengineers at Rice University, the University of Maryland and Wake Forest University have…

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New dye allows super-imaging of cells

A new dye might allow researchers to view natural processes in extremely small components of living cells over a prolonged period of time; a previously unattainable feat. [caption id="attachment_12000" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Molecular structure of C-Naphox.Credit…