King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

See this state of art Technology university in Saudi Arabia. After India and China, i think midle-east is the next happening place. Their infrastructural growth is phenomenal.

http://www.kaust.edu.sa/

Open access drug discovery database launches with half a million compounds

ChEMBLdb, a vast online database of information on the properties and activities of drugs and drug-like small molecules and their targets, launches today with information on over half a million compounds. The data lie at the heart of translating information from the human genome into successful new drugs in the clinic.

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2010/WTX058219.htm

Total Synthesis of Palauamine

Like to see more synthetic chemistry in mainstream news articles.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/01/palauamine-synthesized/#Replay

See the link for this paper.

10.1002/anie.200907112 10.1002/anie.200907112