Batteries not included
Enzyme-based biofuel cells have been plugged into lobsters and they generated enough power to run a digital watch

Beating the heat with camouflage makeup
Chemists in the US are developing a camouflage makeup that can protect military personnel from the heat of a bomb blast

Fluorine finally found in nature
Traces of elemental fluorine, F2, have been found in calcium fluoride minerals

Self-assembling, squeezy nanotubes made
Researchers have developed dynamic nanotubes that open and shut depending on temperature