Chemical science news from across RSC Publishing.
Issue 1
Instant Insight
Instant insight: Systems chemistry
19 December 2007
Sijbren Otto and Fred Ludlow call on chemists to embrace complexity and take up systems chemistry
Instant insight: A changing climate for coral reefs
12 December 2007
Janice Lough wonders if the demise of the world's coral reefs may already be irreversible
Research Highlights
Helping hand for Antarctic clean-up
04 December 2007
Australian scientists are helping to clear up the mess left behind after decades of research activity in Antarctica
Extending the catenane chain
11 December 2007
Chemists in the US have taken the first step towards an entirely new, flexible form of polymer.
Superconducting cuttlefish
17 December 2007
UK chemists have used cuttlefish bones to template the growth of new superconductors
A crystal structure with a bang
10 December 2007
For the first time UK researchers have determined the full structure of a new form of an explosive material at high pressure
Enzyme-powered delivery vehicles
14 December 2007
Dutch scientists have made nanotubes move using enzyme-powered motors
Lighter compounds could become heavyweight energy champions
06 December 2007
European researchers have observed new phase transitions and complex behaviour in potential hydrogen storage materials
Defrosting magnetic single molecules
13 December 2007
In the future computer memory could be made from molecular magnets say European researchers
A logical approach to designer cells
18 December 2007
Logic gates made from proteins could lead the way to yeast cells that can self regulate during fermentation, say US scientists
Drug release watched by NMR
29 November 2007
Controlled release of a beta-blocker from its silica host has been investigated by solid state NMR spectroscopy
Essential Elements
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