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Silver coating gets gold star
06 November 2009
Scientists from the UK are waging war on hospital 'superbugs' with a highly effective antimicrobial organo-silver coating

Efficient Eucalyptus chemistry
02 November 2009
Eucalyptus leaves can be used as a greener way to produce a valuable chemical used in fragrances and pharmaceuticals

Ionic liquids share ions for the common good
28 October 2009
Scientists in Italy have made ionic liquids more useful for electrochemistry.

Highlights in Chemical Science issue 11 now online
26 October 2009
Drawing together the best content from all RSC publications, to provide a snapshot of the latest developments across the chemical sciences.

Smart windows convert light to energy
21 October 2009
Bioinspired dyes for solar cells are environmentally friendly and transparent

How much arsenic do you drink?
20 October 2009
Japanese rice-based drinks could add up to a quarter of the daily tolerable intake of arsenic, say UK scientists

Interview: The path less followed
16 October 2009
Hubert Girault on energy storage, free-thinking and interfaces

Single molecule magnets with a twist
08 October 2009
Single molecule magnets with magnetic properties that can be tuned have been made by UK scientists

Cancer-fighting bone implants
01 October 2009
Bone-like materials can be used both as bone fillers and drug delivery vehicles for targeting bone cancers

Superhoneycomb networks
25 September 2009
Scientists have made the first example of an elusive class of graphene-related materials predicted to have exciting electronic properties

Light-activated anticorrosion
24 September 2009
A protective coating that stops corrosion as soon as it starts has been developed by European scientists.

Chemical manipulation of carbon nanotubes
22 September 2009
Chemically controlling carbon nanotubes' assembly could lead to new biomaterials

Allergic to work?
18 September 2009
Chemicals linked to office sickness are staying indoors for longer

Interview: Riding high
16 September 2009
Philip Mountford on jockeying, bribing techniques and the challenges ahead for chemistry

Fluorines make hydrogen bonds
15 September 2009
A supramolecular receptor shows that fluorine compounds can form hydrogen bonds

