Instant insight: Sensing NO in single cells

21 February 2008

Xiaoying Ye, Stanislav Rubakhin and Jonathan Sweedler describe fluorescent separation and electrochemical methods for detecting a crucial, but tiny, biomolecule

Interview: A material world

19 February 2008

Eugenio Coronado talks to Gavin Armstrong about the molecular design of magnetic materials and current challenges in the field.

Water-based metathesis

06 February 2008

Polish chemists have demonstrated the unprecedented catalytic efficiency of olefin metathesis reactions in a water solution.

Improving enzymes by error

29 January 2008

Mutant enzymes could make for greener chemical synthesis, say UK scientists.

Liquid lenses

21 January 2008

Liquid lenses that can fit in a microchip are now possible, say researchers in the US.

Measuring strontium with a smile

01 February 2008

Canadian scientists have reported a non-invasive method to measure strontium levels in human teeth.

Going for green

22 January 2008

An easy and environmentally friendly route to a supported palladium catalyst for highly selective partial hydrogenations has been achieved by European researchers.

Energy saving sieves

04 February 2008

Dutch scientists have made molecular sieves that are stable at high temperatures for over a year.

Nanocomposite solid-state lighting

30 January 2008

Nanocrystal-based devices produce a higher quality white-light than current light sources and present an opportunity for higher efficiencies

ChemComm makes an impact

The first in a series of ChemComm International Symposia was held, with great success, in China in December.