News from across RSC Publishing.
Issue 12
Instant Insight
Instant insight: Sensing the biological world
17 November 2009
Jonathan Cooper and Manilo Tassieri explain how mechanical phenomena in biological systems can be studied at very small scales
Interview
Interview: Beyond the inorganic boundaries
16 November 2009
Ian Manners talks about polymerisations, interfaces, and living in Wales
Research Highlights
Smart windows convert light to energy
21 October 2009
Bioinspired dyes for solar cells are environmentally friendly and transparent
Magnetic yeast cells
12 November 2009
A single step method makes magnetic yeast cells that are easy to position inside chips
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.
Green tea prevents kidney stones
13 November 2009
Drinking green tea can help prevent the formation of large kidney stones claim Chinese scientists
Essential Elements
A new generation of conferences
17 November 2009
The International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences is a new global sympoisia series
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