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Pretty peptide patterns
20 November 2009
The smallest building blocks to date have been used to make fractal patterns
Instant insight: Sensing the biological world
17 November 2009
Jonathan Cooper and Manilo Tassieri explain how mechanical phenomena in biological systems can be studied at very small scales
Interview: Beyond the inorganic boundaries
16 November 2009
Ian Manners talks about polymerisations, interfaces, and living in Wales
Green tea prevents kidney stones
13 November 2009
Drinking green tea can help prevent the formation of large kidney stones claim Chinese scientists
Magnetic yeast cells
12 November 2009
A single step method makes magnetic yeast cells that are easy to position inside chips
Silver coating gets gold star
06 November 2009
Scientists from the UK are waging war on hospital 'superbugs' with a highly effective antimicrobial organo-silver coating
Efficient Eucalyptus chemistry
02 November 2009
Eucalyptus leaves can be used as a greener way to produce a valuable chemical used in fragrances and pharmaceuticals
Ionic liquids share ions for the common good
28 October 2009
Scientists in Italy have made ionic liquids more useful for electrochemistry.
Highlights in Chemical Science issue 11 now online
26 October 2009
Drawing together the best content from all RSC publications, to provide a snapshot of the latest developments across the chemical sciences.
Smart windows convert light to energy
21 October 2009
Bioinspired dyes for solar cells are environmentally friendly and transparent
How much arsenic do you drink?
20 October 2009
Japanese rice-based drinks could add up to a quarter of the daily tolerable intake of arsenic, say UK scientists
Interview: The path less followed
16 October 2009
Hubert Girault on energy storage, free-thinking and interfaces
Single molecule magnets with a twist
08 October 2009
Single molecule magnets with magnetic properties that can be tuned have been made by UK scientists
Cancer-fighting bone implants
01 October 2009
Bone-like materials can be used both as bone fillers and drug delivery vehicles for targeting bone cancers
Superhoneycomb networks
25 September 2009
Scientists have made the first example of an elusive class of graphene-related materials predicted to have exciting electronic properties
Light-activated anticorrosion
24 September 2009
A protective coating that stops corrosion as soon as it starts has been developed by European scientists.
Chemical manipulation of carbon nanotubes
22 September 2009
Chemically controlling carbon nanotubes' assembly could lead to new biomaterials
Allergic to work?
18 September 2009
Chemicals linked to office sickness are staying indoors for longer
Interview: Riding high
16 September 2009
Philip Mountford on jockeying, bribing techniques and the challenges ahead for chemistry
Fluorines make hydrogen bonds
15 September 2009
A supramolecular receptor shows that fluorine compounds can form hydrogen bonds
