As part of the activities of the International Year of Crystallography, STOE, DECTRIS, and Xenocs invited young scientists

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Carbonic Acid – And Yet It Exists!
Preparation and characterization of gas-phase carbonic acid and its monomethyl ester

All-Purpose Glue for Wet Conditions
Incorporation of DOPA into engineered mussel glue proteins

Microbes Rule Our Guts
Why you should think twice when you’re about to “go with your guts” in food decisions

Sorting Water Molecules
Separation of para and ortho water

What Holds Phosphorus Together?
Computation of the stabilities and crystal structures of known and new phosphorus allotropes made of nanotubes

European Chemists Met in Istanbul
5th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress (ECC) held in Istanbul last week

Who's Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014
Make your predictions for the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Core/Shell Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Peroxide Detection
The levels of hydrogen peroxide in cells can be measured using core/shell Au/MnO nanoparticles

Tips for Your Poster: Presenting You and Your Poster (4)
How to reach as many people as possible and to turn your poster presentation into a career opportunity