Atomic weights change to reflect natural variations

20 December 2010

Atomic weights for elements including hydrogen, carbon and oxygen to be stated as intervals

White House memo sets scientific integrity standards

The Obama administration's long-awaited guidelines on scientific integrity

South Africa sends medical isotopes to US

20 December 2010

US takes delivery of Mo-99 made without bomb-grade uranium, but urgent supply problems remain

EPSRC plans represent 'huge change'

12 January 2011

Academics concerned changes and cuts at chemistry funding body could threaten careers

Libel law reform to protect scientists

10 January 2011

Reform to UK libel laws could protect scientists from being 'bullied into silence' at the prospect of costly legal battles with big businesses

California under fire for approving controversial pesticide

10 January 2011

State being sued for allowing methyl iodide to be used as a fumigant pesticide, despite objections from scientists

New technique probes electron properties of individual atoms

15 December 2010

Electron microscopy technique discriminates between carbon atoms with one, two and three bonds

New molecule could propel rockets

07 January 2011

New nitrogen oxide molecule could be used in rocket fuel, but some researchers are unsure whether it will ever make it out of the lab

Einstein in your engine

12 January 2011

Researchers find that up to 85 per cent of the voltage developed by the lead-acid car battery is due to relativistic effects

Antibodies could lead to MRSA vaccine

16 January 2011

Antibodies against a crucial MRSA protein stop the bacterium in its tracks

Nanoparticles build up

05 January 2011

New studies show nanoparticles can concentrate from one species to another through feeding, prompting questions about the design of future particles

Macromolecules from miniature templates

05 January 2011

Powerful new technique for precisely synthesising large molecules using simple templates

Unclogging the problems of flow chemistry

13 January 2011

An ultrasound bath can improve continuous flow systems that could be used to manufacture pharmaceuticals

Cellulose catalyst rewrites rules of attraction

21 December 2010

A magnetic catalyst for the conversion of biomass into sugar that can be pulled out for reuse

Toxin sensor for drinking water

06 January 2011

A sensor to detect toxins produced by algae in drinking water

Biohydrogen produced in air

15 December 2010

Ocean microbe found to produce large amounts of hydrogen under aerobic conditions

Rehabilitating captured CO2

Rather than burying it underground, companies are developing processes that use carbon dioxide emissions as chemical starting materials. Andy Extance investigates

Fighting the flu

The threat of pandemic influenza is constantly on the horizon. Clare Sansom explores the latest attempts to tackle an ever-changing foe

Editorial: Deal or no deal

January was a slow starter

What proportion of the world's energy supply will be sustainable by 2020?

What proportion of the world's energy supply will be sustainable by 2020?

Column: In the pipeline

Enzymes have been giving chemists inferiority complexes since day one, says Derek Lowe. But there's no denying their potential

Managing change: Reasons to be cheerful

Getting the economy back on track calls for innovation, and that calls for a mobile job market, says Bea Perks

The insider: Not just a pretty face

Beauty is in the eye of the cosmetic chemist, discovers Yfke Hager as she learns about the job satisfaction of picking up a formula you created in a shop

Reviews

Chemistry World Reviews, February 2011

Letters

Chemistry World Letters, February 2011

Puzzles

Puzzles, February 2011

Chemistry through the lens

Surfacing turtle