Cockroach brains could be rich stores of new antibiotics according to scientists from The University of Nottingham

Antibiotics From Cockroaches

Bacteria in Disguise
Bacteria living in symbiosis with fungi may mask theirselves to avoid the fungi's defense mechanism

Cobalt-Controlled Communication
Communication between two iron centers can be modified by the presence of Co and has implications for molecular devices

Block By Block
Easily modified building blocks open way for stereoselective synthesis for drug design by using enzymes

Competition For Start-Ups
Competition for young start-ups offers a total amount of 76.000 EUR, valuable contacts, professional feedback, and industry know-how

Better Tracers through Chelation
Orginally isolated from frogs, bombesin analouges are now proving useful for tracing cancers through chelation to Tc

Calls For EU's Framework Programme
2011 calls for the European Union's 7th Framework Programme: 6.4 billion EUR — Europe's biggest ever investment in research and innovation

Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award
Award for analytical science presented to Luisa Torsi, University of Bari, Italy

Wet Wet Wet
Atomic-scale resolution of water on mica reveals new details about wetting processes

Catalytic Models
Surface-science based models for heterogeneous catalysis illuminated with examples