Instant insight: Scratching at the surface of biosensors

08 January 2009

Justin Gooding, Till Böcking and Kris Kilian of the University of New South Wales discuss how surface chemistry lets porous silicon biosensors fulfil their promise

Interview: Mixing it up

19 January 2009

Steven Soper talks to Freya Mearns about interdisciplinary science and a little bit of luck

Microthrusters are go!

19 December 2008

Electricity boosts space travel on the microscale

Microreactor's holey coat improves syntheses

04 December 2008

A thin catalytic coating on the walls of chemical reactors could make a wide range of industrial processes more efficient, say a team of European researchers

Sun shines on a solution for hydrogen production

08 December 2008

UK scientists have made hydrogen from water in a simple experiment on a lab bench

Lights on for drug delivery

17 December 2008

Chinese scientists have developed fluorescent drug delivery vehicles that can be used to monitor drug release

Uranium exposed

19 December 2008

US scientists have developed a way to tell if war veterans have been in contact with depleted uranium

Counting the drops

21 November 2008

Korean scientists have created a microfluidic abacus that allows them to add droplets together

Journal celebrations

The new year brings a host of celebrations for RSC journals