A new type of MS imaging using low-temperature plasma probe unveils the truth behind Chinese calligraphy.
An in-depth look at a selected research article and its significance.

Art Seals Reveal Their Secrets

Plastic Money
Australia’s plastic bills make life difficult for counterfeiters - the world's first banknote printed on clear plastic film and using optically variable devices (OVDs)

Changing the Channel in Nanoelectronics
New computer simulations may help in the design of efficient molecular wires.

Controllable H2 from H2O
Chemical energy generates hydrogen and electricity: a new process to be used in fuel cells for mobile applications.

Small Molecules For Fighting Cancer
Molecules controlling the behavior of the tumor necrosis factor lead to novel products for health problems like cancer.

Plain to See
New contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging of tumors

Wood in the Tank
Valeric fuels: a new generation of biogasoline and biodiesel from lignocellulose

Death by Arsenic
Almost 80 years after his death, hair analysis proves legendary racehorse died of arsenic poisoning.

An Odd Couple
Combine liquid crystals (mesogens) and metal clusters and you get clustomesogens: a new class of compounds, the first examples of which have now been produced.