Too much caffeine in your coffee?

01 December 2011

Large variations in caffeine content have been found in espressos in high street coffee shops

Zombie reaction returns from the dead

21 November 2011

School children have discovered an oscillating Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction that springs back to life after five hours

Climbing the data mountain

Clare Sansom takes a 'peak' at the databases that stop researchers being buried under an avalanche of chemical information

How to make a crab shell see-through

30 November 2011

From crabsticks to plastics as researchers find a new use for these crustaceans

Rewriting the rules for polar molecules

24 November 2011

A molecule containing two atoms of the same element can have a permanent electric dipole, say US scientists, contradicting the traditional view of molecular polarity.

Bright sparks

From the Olympics to New Year's Eve events, fireworks are synonymous with celebration. James Mitchell Crow looks into some pyrotechnic research worth celebrating in itself

Soot inspires a self-cleaning glass

01 December 2011

Using candle soot as a template leads to a transparent coating that is both water and oil repellent

Metallic microlattice 'lightest structure ever'

17 November 2011

US team makes a metal-based microlattice structure lighter than aerogels whose properties differ remarkably from the bulk material