Cancer and Crabs

Cancer and Crabs

Building multifunctional chiral building blocks from materials like D-glutamic acid opens up synthetic routes to natural products.

Room to Move

Room to Move

Cells behave differently when in 2 D environments, such as Petri dishes, to more natural, 3 D structures such as those in the human body.

New EU Provisions

New EU Provisions

Leading environmental and health campaign groups fear that MEPs may lack courage to ban all highly hazardous products.

Metal Affinity

Metal Affinity

Nanoparticle-based sorbents demonstrate excellent affinity for the separation of heavy metals in contaminated water systems

Carbon Capture

Carbon Capture

Prototype combines solar power and CO2 adsorption to remove CO2 from air and convert it to syngas.

Coolant Conjecture

Coolant Conjecture

Take care when choosing an engine coolant - they're not all the same, warns Mike Freche from BASF.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes

The glycoalkaloid tomatine has been shown to inhibit human cancer cells in vitro but its concentration in tomatoes depends on the ripeness.

Watery No-Man's Land

Watery No-Man's Land

Water exists in 15 distinct phases, now research shows that at 180 K ice and liquid can coexist after water crystallizes.