Non-destructive lifting and visualization technique reduces visualization time of fingerprints from 15 min to 30 s

Ultrafast Fingerprint Recognition

POPs Center of Excellence
Thermo Fisher Scientific opens persistent organic pollutants (POPs) center of excellence for food safety and environmental analysis

Nano Flower Power!
Flower-like dipeptide template enables nanoflake film formation - expected to broaden application of biomaterials in surface science

Angewandte Chemie 13/2011: A Great Model
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Most Accessed Articles: February 2011
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for February 2011

Solid-Phase PCR in Real Time
First tool for real-time monitoring of solid-phase DNA amplification using the polymerase chain reaction and surface plasmon resonance

Angewandte Chemie 12/2011: Worth Its Price
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Valinomycin’s Preferred Conformation
Antibiotic’s backbone monitored by Raman optical activity to show preferred conformations in dioxane and methanol

Tough Crystal Nut Cracked
Correct prediction of all three known crystal structures of a sulfonimide

Selenocyanate Contamination by Algae
Discovery that algae can produce the industrial contaminant selenocyanate could have implications for water monitoring