New route to hydrogenase cofactor azadithiolate provides a simple way to make model enzymes for H2 fuel production

U.S. and Chinese partners will work in the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center to develop and test clean coal technologies

Starlike, platinum-based nanowire crystals could provide more stable cathodes for fuel cell applications

Azobenzene-based photochemical switches show promise as agents for the remote control of biomolecular function using light

Control over formation of cell adhesion sites and, consequently, cell shape in three dimensions can be achieved

Diseases caused by misfolded proteins such as mad cow disease could have an airborne route to infection

Anion binding constants of a series of diamine-functionalized organocatalysts provides useful tool to probe catalytic activity

New method allows tracking of fluoride in teeth or osteoporosis drugs in bones at previously inaccessible length scales

Measuring the van der Waals forces between atoms and surfaces with precision could help development of nanodevices

Carbon dioxide enables crystals to change shape into pharmaceutically interesting form under mild conditions