Max Planck Society establishes new research facility for "Intelligent Systems" in Germany, unifying biology, computer and materials sciences

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

It is 130 years since the birth of Hermann Staudinger, the father of polymer chemistry

Oscillations in gels containing a Belousov-Zhabotinsky catalyst depend upon the size and shape of the gel

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Data storage with ferroelectric materials could be improved by spontaneous formation of vortex nanodomains

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for February 2011

12 videos – one for each month of IYC 2011 – will be released showing which role chemistry plays in our daily lives and in our future

Hybrids of polyoxometalate clusters and carbon nanotubes can be used as cathodes in rechargeable lithium batteries

One-pot synthesis of multicolored fluorescent silicon nanowires shows potential in optoelectronic and biological applications