2013 saw highest number of patents filed for research on shale gas extraction technology

Increase in Fracking Patents

Renewable Oils Plant in Brazil
Solazyme and Bunge, both USA, start commercial production at their joint venture plant in Brazil

75th Birthday: Hans-Jürgen Quadbeck-Seeger
Professor Hans-Jürgen Quadbeck-Seeger, Germany, celebrates his 75th birthday on May 29, 2014

Quality Check for DNA Self-assembly
Fluorescent label can help count how many defects are in DNA self-assemblies

Cyrus Mody Awarded
Cyrus Mody, Rice University, USA, has been awarded the Paul Bunge Prize

3D Model Lung
3D test system allows to simulate what happens in the human lung

Building Chalcogen Architectures
The straightforward synthesis of a novel series of di-, tri-, and tetra-polychalcogenotrimethylsilanes

100th Anniversary: Joseph Swan's Death
Joseph Swan's research led to developments in photography and the invention of a practical incandescent light bulb

Ionic Liquid Solubilizes Fullerene in Water
Modeling shows imidazolium ionic liquid facilitates the dispersion of C60 in water by forming solute pair

Solvent-Free Organocatalytic Michael Reactions
Chiral thiohydantoins derived from natural α-amino acids are the key catalysts