Instant insight: Asbestos comes naturally

08 October 2008

Martin Harper, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, US, points out a hazard in the natural environment

Interview: A total mismatch

14 October 2008

Penny Brothers tells Michael Brown about porphyrins and their potential role in neutron capture therapy

Which came first, the nanotube or the egg?

03 October 2008

Egg whites have found a novel use as a template for making inorganic nanotubes, thanks to Chinese scientists.

Silanethiones reach for the stars

04 November 2008

German researchers have identified experimentally H2Si=S, a molecule thought to exist in outer space, for the first time.

Cracking charge density

25 September 2008

UK scientists answer the all important question: how many electrons are there on each atom in a molecule?

Underperforming yeasts opt out of life

01 October 2008

Suicide-committing yeasts assist German scientists striving towards the perfect enzyme for catalysing asymmetric organic reactions

Quantum leap in chemical sensing

08 October 2008

UK scientists have found that quantum dots can improve optical sensors designed for detecting metal ions in water

Board member wins Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 has been awarded to Roger Tsien, a member of the editorial board for the upcoming RSC journal Integrative Biology