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Single catalyst for oxidation and reduction of water
15 August 2012 Research
A cobalt-based catalyst designed to produce hydrogen by electrosplitting water can be reversibly switched to produce oxygen.
Flu fighters are wired
6 July 2012 Research
Silicon nanowire detector can spot tiny amounts of the flu virus in exhaled breath in just minutes
Single particles take flight
27 June 2012 Research
X-ray laser irradiation and mass spectrometry combine to unlock the structure and composition of single airborne particles in their native environment
Tuning into a radio solution to money forgers
3 April 2012 News Archive
Banknotes with an organic conducting polymer radiofrequency identification tag provide an extra level of security against counterfeiters
The world's strongest fibres
1 February 2012 News Archive
A polymer fibre that combines carbon nanotubes and reduced graphene oxide is stronger than spider silk and Kevlar
Asteroid ages united by new isotope standard
23 January 2012 News Archive
Hydrous asteroids are as much as 9 million years younger than thought
Growing super long fibres in seaweed jackets
22 November 2011 News Archive
Aligned supramolecular nanofibres over one metre long have been made by encapsulating them in a hydrogel coating
Cofactor control of catalysis enantioselectivity
18 October 2011 News Archive
Catalysts can turn from achiral to chiral using cofactors and can perform asymmetric reactions with high enantiomeric selectivity
Smoothing out zeolite nanosheet synthesis
6 October 2011 News Archive
A new technique overcomes a major problem with the production of zeolite nanosheets
Ions in the open air
27 July 2006 
Feature
Ionisation techniques that remove the need for sample preparation are taking mass spectrometry into new and exciting research areas, reports Steve Down
Sniffing out garlic in gilded artworks
24 January 2006 News Archive
The presence of garlic in early gilded artworks has been confirmed.
Eurozone researchers see through fake banknotes
23 January 2006 News Archive
Fake euro notes can be detected quickly and accurately with a spectroscopic technique.
Boosting the paradoxical benefits of white wine
22 November 2005 News Archive
White wine enriched in polyphenols has the same protective effect against atherosclerosis as red wines.
Perchlorate levels doubled in organic veg
21 November 2005 News Archive
Organically grown leafy vegetables produced in North America contain double the amount of perchlorate found in conventionally grown crops, report US researchers.
Wax paintings analysed
7 November 2005 News Archive
The care and restoration of wax-based paintings could be easier following the arrival of a new gas chromatography method.
Sensing pollutants with iodinated polymers
10 October 2005 News Archive
Molecularly imprinted polymers containing iodine have been used to trap polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from river water for optical sensing.
21 September 2005: Stressed GM potatoes contain increased levels of toxic metabolites
21 September 2005 News Archive
Genetically modified potatoes can produce greater amounts of toxins after exposure to blights and viruses, say UK researchers.
8 September 2005: Polymerised ionic liquids make stable GC stationary phases
8 September 2005 News Archive
The high-temperature performance of gas chromatography stationary phases made from ionic liquids has been improved by polymerisation, say US researchers.
22 August 2005: Targeted nanoprobes for cancer detection and prognosis
22 August 2005 News Archive
Magnetic nanocrystals have been bound to cancer-targeting antibodies to create a highly sensitive probe for the detection of cancer in vivo.
18 August 2005: Liquid crystals enter an extended blue phase
18 August 2005 News Archive
Liquid crystals with blue phases that exist over a surprisingly wide temperature range will lead to new applications in photonics, say researchers.
10 August 2005: Recreational drugs down the drain
10 August 2005 News Archive
The discovery of cocaine by-products in an Italian river challenges official figures on national cocaine consumption and has prompted similar analysis of other drugs.
27 July 2005: Carbon nanotubes receive support for metallisation
27 July 2005 News Archive
Carbon nanotubes have been fixed to metal surfaces to increase the range of metals that can be coated by electroless deposition.
25 July 2005: Firelies light the way for capillary NMR
25 July 2005 News Archive
A rare American firefly has acted as a test case for the discovery of new natural products from a largely untapped source.
13 July 2005: Chemical technique separates the sheep from the goats
14 July 2005 News Archive
A protein biosensor for discriminating between meat juices from the flesh of different animals has been developed by Swedish scientists.
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