Instant insight: Metal detectors for clean fuel

09 February 2009

Guilhem Caumette, University of Pau - IFP, France, outlines the techniques used to find metal contaminants in petroleum and how they will lead to superior fuels

Interview: Chemistry, life and longevity

08 January 2009

Jyoti Chattopadhyaya talks to Marie Cote about chemistry's fundamental role in our lives and the secrets of a successful business

When the dust settles

13 January 2009

UK scientists have devised a simple route to detecting illicit drugs and their metabolites in dusted fingerprints.

Fluorescent tags to see catalysts in action

03 February 2009

German researchers have used a fluorescent tag to monitor the state of a catalyst during a chemical reaction

Smoothing the cracks in epoxy resin

27 January 2009

Researchers in China have developed a self-healing epoxy resin which can be repaired by heating when cracks form

New lease of life for used cola bottles

18 February 2009

Scientists turn waste plastic into useful ultra-strong carbon spheres

Did space dust start life on Earth?

20 February 2009

Amino acids could have found their way from deep space to start life on Earth, say scientists in Italy

Toenails reveal arsenic exposure

30 January 2009

UK scientists are using toenail cuttings to detect human exposure to elevated environmental levels of arsenic.

2009 spring conferences

RSC Publishing staff will be spread around the globe at a number of major conferences over the forthcoming weeks