Biosensor that uses antibodies detects marine pollutants and can provide real-time monitoring of oil spills to guide their clean-up

Real-Time Tracking of Oil Spills

Chemistry of a Hangover — Alcohol and its Consequences
How can a tiny molecule like ethanol be at the root of so much human misery?

Wonderlab Comic — Goggles
Everything is back-to-front when an accident in Wonderlab turns Sophie into the safety monitor

Women in Chemistry — Interview with Maria Gavrilescu
Maria Gavrilescu is professor at the Gheorghe Asachi Technical Universiry, Iasi, Romania, and author of highly cited review articles

BASF Strengthens Its Water Treatment Business
BASF to acquire ultrafiltration specialist inge watertechnologies AG

Microbubbles and Microelectrolysis Decompose Pollutant
Combination of microelectrolysis and oxygen microbubbles proves effective for the degradation of phenol

Competition for EU Research and Innovation Programme Name
Create a catchy name for the next EU research and innovation programme

Invite Japanese Colleagues
Support website to coordinate relief efforts by the scientific community in response to the devastating earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan

First Science Slam in Karlsruhe
Falko Brinkmann organized the first Science Slam in Karlsruhe; here he talks about his inspiration and the event

Wonderlab Comic — Fire Alarm
When the fire alarm rings in the Wonderlab – who is the first to safety and who is the cause?