Instant insight: Bone repair breakthrough

27 February 2009

Thanks to nanotechnology, today's bone implants are so much more than your grandparent's hip replacement, say Thomas Webster and colleagues at Brown University, US

Interview: Molecular logic

05 March 2009

A Prasanna de Silva tells Nicola Wise about sensors, supramolecular chemistry and how Sri Lankan percussion can play a part in Irish music

Sunburn detection is hot work

03 March 2009

UV indicators change colour before your skin does

Nanowire forests repel liquids

24 February 2009

An oil-repelling surface could prevent leaks from pipelines, say Chinese researchers

Surfaces take a turn to do work

10 March 2009

Light-driven molecular motors that rotate perpendicular to a surface can control the surface's properties

Biosensor shows potential

05 March 2009

Liver disease can be detected using a simple electrochemical device designed by US scientists

Crystal clear method for identifying powders

26 February 2009

NMR and theory join forces to characterise drugs

The medical power of attraction

25 February 2009

Magnetic microbeads that cleanse blood of toxic pathogens could save thousands of lives

Picture perfect particles

20 February 2009

Complex 3D microparticles made using a new microfluidic method could be used in tissue engineering

Announcing two new journals

RSC Publishing has announced the launch of two new monthly journals in autumn 2009, Analytical Methods and Nanoscale