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Notebooks go digital
22 May 2013 Review
Electronic lab notebooks are growing in popularity across chemistry. Anthony King looks at what’s on the market
GSK partners Save the Children for Africa project
16 May 2013 Business
Company and charity will work together to provide medicines for the developing world
Lean green microbe machines
30 April 2013 Feature
For its proponents, algae hold the promise of a clean source of fuel, food or drugs. Anthony King wades in
Lead paint still on sale in Africa
26 March 2013 Research
Multinationals are producing coatings that are up to 50% by weight of the toxic metal
Googling for new drug side effects
12 March 2013 Research
An analysis of people's web searches has discovered unknown adverse effects from taking several drugs at once
PharmaSea to scour ocean depths for new drugs
27 February 2013 News and Analysis
Bioprospecting project will investigate marine organisms in the search for new antibiotics and central nervous system therapies
LED triggers microfluidic mixing
22 February 2013 Research
Light-switching surfactant creates aqueous droplets that mix up oily liquid streams
Pesticides can kill frogs in hours
29 January 2013 Research
Typical spraying of fields with commonly used pesticides is enough to cause the death of frogs
Sweetener in the clear once more
14 January 2013 News and Analysis
European food safety body finds no evidence linking aspartame to cancer or any other disease
Non-stick coating gives biofilms the slip
13 August 2012 Research
Drawing inspiration from big pharma a high throughput screen has thrown up some interesting materials to protect patients from hospital infections
Irish pharma exports tumble
7 August 2012 Business
Seven of the top 10 drugs going off patent between 2011 and 2014 are produced in Ireland
Drawing on drugs to kick the habit
12 July 2012 Feature
Anthony King surveys the problems involved in creating drugs that help people quit smoking
Coolant to put electric cars in the fast lane
10 July 2012 Research
A mixture of paraffin, water and surfactants could cool car batteries three times better than conventional technologies
Nanoparticles linked to rheumatoid arthritis
19 June 2012 Research
Enzyme activation results in altered proteins, bringing them to the attention of the immune system
Making light work
1 April 2012 Feature
Could light prove to be the ultimate weapon in the battle against deadly superbugs?
Pesticides linked to vitamin D deficiency
31 January 2012 News Archive
Banned organochlorine pesticides such as DDT could be causing chronic illnesses
Nasa turns to the dark side
22 November 2011 News Archive
Space agency creates blackest material ever to suppress stray light that can interfere with orbiting telescopes
Waving goodbye to the paper lab book
28 October 2011 
Feature
With electronic lab notebooks finally making waves in academia, Anthony King asks whether the time has come to part company with the much loved paper lab book
Breaking through the barrier
31 May 2011 Feature
Getting drug molecules into the brain means crossing the defensive blood-brain barrier. Anthony King investigates how chemists are infiltrating the brain's fortress
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