Instant insight: Molecular shuttle power

12 May 2009

Smart dust biosensors may be smaller than a grain of sand but they have big potential, say Henry Hess and colleagues

Interview: Catching counterfeits

08 May 2009

Facundo Fernández talks to Jennifer Newton about the fight against counterfeit drugs and whitewater kayaking

Biosensor in a briefcase tests toxicity

07 May 2009

Safer drinking water thanks to portable screening device

Microfluidics doesn't shock cells

07 April 2009

Frozen cells are more likely to survive with the help of microfluidic technology

Holography generates porous crystals

13 May 2009

A polar solvent is the key to making polymeric photonic crystals that could be used as biological sensors

Nanocolloids identify blood clots

30 April 2009

US and UK scientists have discovered a safer contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging

Raman catches a killer

06 May 2009

Raman microscopy could improve and simplify malaria diagnosis in remote locations

Shikimic acid detection hots up

06 May 2009

A hot copper wire detects Tamiflu starting material

Microfluidics pumps it up

22 April 2009

Chemists in Taiwan have developed a bubble-activated micropump that can transport blood on a microchip

Celebrating bioscience

RSC Publishing displayed its bioscience journals portfolio at Experimental Biology 2009