Amphiphilic branched nanostructures self-assemble in water to form packets capable of mimicking biological membranes

Dendrimersomes: A New Mode of Drug Delivery?

Nuclear Meltdown
General facts on a nuclear meltdown

Removal of Strontium From Nuclear Waste
Removal of strontium from nuclear waste streams by desmid green algae

New Production Facility for Coating Raw Materials in Shanghai
Bayer MaterialScience plans new production facility for coating raw materials in Shanghai - investment valued at EUR 65 million

New Biodiesel Catalyst Plant in Argentina
Evonik plans to build a new facility to produce catalysts for the manufacture of biodiesel in Argentina

Hollywood Chemistry
And the Winner for the Most Accurate Science in a Movie or TV series goes to …

200th Birthday of Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen did groundbreaking work in organic chemistry and spectrometry, but he's most famous for the Bunsen burner

BASF And PETRONAS Further Join Forces In Malaysia
BASF and PETRONAS will commence a feasibility study for a new plant for superabsorbent polymers

David Y. Gin (1967 – 2011)
Professor David Y. Gin, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, USA, passed away last week

New President of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chun-Li Bai was recently appointed president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences