Counting glowing liquid crystals gives an indication of human serum albumin levels in urine samples, so revealing kidney problems quickly and easily

A Bright Spot for Kidney Diagnostics

Tetrahedron Young Investigator Awards 2012
Prof. B. G. Davis, Oxford University, UK, and Prof. Zhang-Jie Shi, Peking University, China, win the Tetrahedron Young Investigator Awards

Viral Access Denied
Modified, site- specific peptide triazole inhibitors target HIV-1 gp120 to physically disrupt virus particles in the absence of host cells

Nano Adds Color to Superhydrophobic Materials
A spray containing pigmented nanoparticles can produce superhydrophobic coatings of different colors

Extra Sensory Detection
Unprecedented sensitivities for Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)-based sensors using hemin/G-quadruplexes and Au nanoparticles

Online Video Competition
The Hong Kong Education City Limited has initiated an International Year of Chemistry 2011 (HK) Online Video Competition

RIKEN Beijing Representative Office
New RIKEN Representative Office opened in Beijing, China, to contribute towards developing Asian solutions to global issues like energy, environment, food

A Breakthrough in Selective Synthesis
Palladium catalyst selectively activates C–H bonds in an unactivated CH2 group in coupling reaction leading to indolines

How Wallabies Can Help Cows Produce Less Methane
Isolation and identification of the unique gut bacteria of the Tammer wallaby could help reduce methane emissions from livestock

Mechanism of Glycosylation
Mechanism of an essential process in cells of higher organisms proposed from newly determined crystal structure of enzyme