A systematic study of healthcare literature reveals there is no truth behind the belief that selenium can prevent cancer

Selenium Does Not Reduce Cancer Risk

Spectroscopically Enhancing Nanopillars
Bunches of nanopillars formed on gold-coated gallium nitride could improve the detection of biomolecules at low concentration

Chemical Weapon Threat Detector
Reactant that changes color enables detection of nerve-agent mimics and identification of the nerve gas

Bee Venom Helps Detect Explosives
Bee venom helps researchers create detector sensitive enough to detect a single molecule of an explosive such as TNT

Nano-Motor with a Light Switch
Light-triggered myosin allows real-time study of cells

Getting to the Core of the Problem
Stereoselective construction of the tricyclic core of marine norditerpinoid brings total synthesis of anticancer compounds closer

Chiral Control Condundrum
Important development in the preparation of functional mesostructures with controlled chirality made by European research team

Winner of the Final iPad
Mu Cheng, PhD student, University of Queensland, Australia, is the winner of the final ipad

Healthy Tea and Coffee
New evidence that caffeine is a healthful antioxidant; shedding light on how caffeine interacts with free radicals

New MOF for CO2 Capture
The first rigid metal-organic framework made from a flexible amine shows high potential for CO2 capture and storage