Zeolitic imidazolate framework nanoparticles; very effective fluorescent sensing platform for detection of nucleic acid sequences

Professor Kazuyuki Tatsumi, Nagoya University, Japan, takes over the role of President of IUPAC

Dr. Sabine Wiederhold, Editor of Chemie Ingenieur Technik, looks back on the IYC 2011

Synthetic viral capsules can be constructed easily and might be used in highly efficient gene therapy to deliver genetic agents to cells

Statistical mechanics provids new insights into behavior of cholesterol/phospholipid mixtures in cell membranes

Energy and cost of torrefied biomass analyzed

Jan Reedijk discusses how citation metrics are pushing editors, referees, and authors into strategic and sometimes unethical behavior

A brief guide to designing effective figures for the scientific paper created by University of Washington scientists

The latest edition of Solvents and Solvent Effects in Organic Chemistry is reviewed by Ralf Giernoth, University of Cologne

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