Jo's lessons in analytical techniques continue with a lesson in thin layer chromatography

Wonderlab Comic – Thin Layer Chromatography

Avram Hershko: Curiosity and Persistence
Nobel Laureate Avram Hershko discusses how curiosity, choosing the right research, and persistence work as a general principle for success

Molecular Dockers Move Microscopic Cargoes
A cargo transport system that works at the microscopic level and triggered by light has been devised and constructed

Stirred from Within
Micromotors mix for more effective oxidative degradation of chemical weapons

Surfactants with Magnetic Heads
Self organization of inorganic surfactants with head groups containing paramagnetic Dy3+ ions is controlled by magnetic interactions

Dan Shechtman: Succeeding in Science
Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman talks about the reason why quasicrystals weren't discovered earlier and his unerring belief in his experiments

Destabilization as an Advantage
Unusual structural and electronic properties make skin pigments superior radical scavengers

Certification of Renewable Resources
Possibilities of a certification for sustainability in the field of material use of biomass discussed at event in Berlin

More Transparency
Optically transparent water oxidation catalyst made from copper nanowires

The Portable Chemist’s Consultant
Yoshihiro Ishihara, Ana Montero, and Phil S. Baran's book is reviewed by Robert Webster, Henrik Teller, and Thomas Krämer, Germany