We look at the chemical changes that occur when an egg is boiled and discover how to unboil the egg afterwards

Boiled Eggs: Soft and Hard — Part 3

Improved Mussel Adhesive
Biocompatible, waterproof, self-healing, and reversible: A new adhesive for medical applications?

Specificity by Ring Size
Bicyclic peptides with optimized ring size inhibit enzyme that cleaves peptide bonds while sparing paralogous proteases

Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Pathogens
A microfluidic electrochemical amplification technique allows for the rapid, sensitive, and quantitative detection of pathogenic DNA

Chemical Synthetic Biology
Book covering a dynamic new area of research at the interface of science and engineering is reviewed by S. Brakmann, TU Dortmund

Boiled Eggs: Soft and Hard — Part 2
We examine an egg on its journey from hen to table, including the first in situ monitoring methods, to ensure the perfect breakfast egg

Consumer Attitudes to Climate Change
How attitudes to climate change differ across the world

On the Dot
Recently reported new class of quantum dot has the potential to combine magnetic and optical properties, opening the door for new applications

Wonderlab Comic — I Major in Chemistry
Have you ever found yourself in one of these familiar situations when you tell people you are a chemist?

REACH – An Overview
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) is the European Union chemicals regulation