Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, think tank will strategize on environmentally sound policies on oil, gas, coal

Vaccines that change host immune responses to pathogens: The role of Th17 cells in leishmaniasis

A new lab-on-a-chip sensor array – little bigger than a business card can – detect toxic industrial chemicals at low cost and low concentrations

Ultra-thin sheets of LEDs implanted under the skin could be used in medical monitoring or in light-activated drug delivery systems

Fingerprints that have been washed off metal surfaces can now be retrieved

Salivary amylase helps determine the feel in the mouth of the food we eat, in particular how the digestion of starch alters texture perception

Novel four-step process for the production of jet and diesel fuel range alkanes from hemicellulose extracts

The EuCheMS elected Ulrich Schubert, Vienna University of Technology, member of the Austrian chemical society, as their new president

Native-sized spider silk protein successfully expressed for the first time in metabolically engineered Escherichia coli

Electrochemical immunoassay evaluated spiked food samples, including fruit juices, milk, and pork, with excellent detection levels