Instant insight: A golden future

14 August 2008

Ralph Sperling explains why gold is so precious to biological scientists

Interview: Medicines from the deep

06 August 2008

Mark Butler talks to Elinor Richards about Singapore, sponges and scuba diving

Droplet traps for worms on chip

29 July 2008

Watching how worms behave in droplets is the basis for a new assay that could find use in high-throughput drug screening

A trick of light

24 July 2008

Understanding the role chloride ions play in photosynthesis may lead to better solar cells, claim UK scientists

An open and shut case for palladium

01 August 2008

A synthetic pore that lets sodium cross membranes is 'a significant step towards tissue-mimetic materials,' say UK scientists

Putting the squeeze on cancer cells

30 July 2008

Squashing suspect cells and watching how they bulge can be used to tell cancer cells from healthy ones

New twist on protein binding

13 August 2008

A fortuitous discovery has led to a new type of probe for protein interactions that could find use in cellular imaging

Boron implicated in the emergence of life

29 July 2008

Was borate responsible for stabilising the RNA sugar ribose in the deep oceans?

Molecules of Murder book launch

The RSC were delighted to host the launch of John Emsley's highly anticipated book Molecules of Murder: Criminal Molecules and Classic Cases