Instant insight: Beyond electrostatics

28 February 2007

Frank Caruso and co-workers at the University of Melbourne, Australia, discuss how non-covalent interactions can be used for layer-by-layer surface modification

Instant insight: A sound idea

26 February 2007

Thomas Laurell, Lund University, Sweden, explains how ultrasound can be used to separate and move cells and particles in microfluidic devices.

Intelligent wrappers

12 January 2007

Food of the future could come wrapped in smart plastic that detects contamination - and then biodegrades once thrown away.

Taking a cell's temperature

26 January 2007

Dreams of mapping temperature differences within biological cells may soon come true, say researchers in Japan.

A close look at chirality

08 February 2007

Chirality on nanoscopic surfaces can now be seen using optical microscopy.

Simply biofuels

13 February 2007

A simple enzyme-based biofuel cell has been made by a team of Japanese scientists.

That's swell: hydrogel plugs in control

30 January 2007

American researchers have used hydrogels to control the flow of liquid in microfluidic devices.

Finding the cause of building-related illness

01 February 2007

Swedish scientists have developed a more sensitive and selective method for detecting the toxins produced by a fungus common in damp buildings.

Hot wax and peel

07 February 2007

Microfluidics research is expensive. Or is it? Canadian researchers have made prototype microfluidic chips using only a simple off-the-shelf wax printer.

OBC - celebrating five years

Celebrations are the order of the day for Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (OBC) as it enters a fifth year of publishing.

Cover magic

A competition launched by RSC Publishing staff, which offered one lucky voter an iPod, closed recently with thousands of votes having been cast.

Our spring 'specials'...

The early months of 2007 see an abundance of special issues from RSC journals.