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(Goethe University Frankfurt) Scientists at the Frankfurt's Goethe University have discovered a new class of anti-inflammatory drugs.

The new substances promise to be more effective and to cause fewer side effects than aspirin. The chemists have already applied for a patent.

(University of Liverpool) Chemists at the University of Liverpool have developed a way of converting methane gas into a powder form in order to make it more transportable.

(Johns Hopkins University) Chemists have created water-soluble electronic materials that spontaneously assemble themselves into tiny "wires" that can be used in the human body.

Chemists say they have developed a new way to measure temperature changes inside the body with unprecedented precision by correcting a subtle error in the original theory underlying magnetic resonance imaging.

America's war on terror includes fighting the dark side of deadly chemical agents, chemists are helping with the fight by developing an enzyme that might neutralize one such chemical agent, the organophosphates.

Different keys are not supposed to fit the same lock, but in biological systems multiple versions of a catalyst all make a reaction go, according to a new study that explains the phenomenon.

The study challenges entrenched ideas about the workings of catalysts. A new model brings chemists closer to 'holy grail' of catalyst design.

Chemists are reporting a discovery that could expand the palate of human tastes, such as sweet, sour or salty, to include a new flavor that could be called "calcium."

Chemists have used chemicals found in plants to replicate a key process in photosynthesis paving the way to a new approach that uses sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

(University of Warwick) Chemists are pulling cancer onto a sucker punch by getting infected cells to drop their guard -- according to research published today.

They are using the metal ruthenium as a catalyst to a cancer-busting reaction which calls up an old cellular enemy -- oxidants -- as an ally.

Chemists in Japan report development of the world's first DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts.

The finding could lead to improvements in gene therapy, futuristic nano-sized computers, and other high-tech advances, they say.