This week: Lead contamination in Antartica, a new anode material for lithium-ion batteries and a look at “drug-initiated” medication delivery systems — and more! Each and every day, ACS grants free access to a new peer-reviewed research article from one of the Society’s journals. These articles are specially chosen by a team of scientific editors of […]
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This week: Lead contamination in Antartica, a new anode material for lithium-ion batteries and a look at “drug-initiated” medication delivery systems — and more!
Each and every day, ACS grants free access to a new peer-reviewed research article from one of the Society’s journals. These articles are specially chosen by a team of scientific editors of ACS journals from around the world to highlight the transformative power of chemistry. Access to these articles will remain open to all as a public service.
Check out this week’s picks!
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Discovery of Clinical Development Candidate GDC-0084, a Brain Penetrant Inhibitor of PI3K and mTOR
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New Chelators for Low Temperature Al18F-Labeling of Biomolecules
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Potential Application of Metal Dichalcogenides Double-Layered Heterostructures as Anode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
J. Phys. Chem. C, Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11677
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Minimalist Protein Engineering of an Aldolase Provokes Unprecedented Substrate Promiscuity
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Nonlinear Optical Response of Organic–Inorganic Halide Perovskites
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Drug-Initiated Synthesis of Polymer Prodrugs: Combining Simplicity and Efficacy in Drug Delivery
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Lead Sources to the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica
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