Instant insight: Holography speaks volumes

29 July 2009

Søren Hvilsted and colleagues explain how holograms could be the key to storing increasing amounts of information

Interview: Raising the bar

06 August 2009

Scott Tanner on measuring cell biomarkers and Olympic gymnastics. Ben Merison investigates

Bacteria swim for power

22 July 2009

Power of swimming cells harnessed by photopolymerisation

Nanoparticles take on terrorism

31 July 2009

Chinese scientists have used sunlight and DNA to make bimetallic nanoparticles that can detect tiny amounts of explosives

Labelled ligands put nanoelectronics on track

23 July 2009

Scientists study self-assembly of fluorine-tagged nanoparticles

Buckling down to make microgears

20 July 2009

Thin films can buckle round curved substrates to form gears for micromachines

Sterile surfaces in a flash

10 July 2009

Blue dye coatings bring antibacterial benefit for material used in medical devices

Corn waste converted to chemicals

28 July 2009

Biofuel waste could be turned into building blocks for industrial chemicals

IUPAC 2009

The RSC hosted the 42nd IUPAC Congress at the SECC, Glasgow, UK