Ultralight, flexible, fire-resistant carbon nanotube aerogels from bacterial cellulose could be used for cleaning up oil spills

New Aerogels: Airy but Thirsty

Open Innovation for Global Health
With blockbuster drugs falling off the patent cliff, open innovation is being hailed as the key element to drive future success

Supramolecular Velcro for Underwater Adhesion
Excellent underwater, reversible adhesion demonstrated with a supramolecular velcro using host–guest chemistry

Squeezing Out CO2
Post-combustion capture: metal-organic framework releases stored carbon dioxide in sunlight

Top Ten Emerging Technologies in 2013
The real challenge of the future lies in moving from a linear to a circular economy and re-introducing waste into the production chain

1000 Days Online
ChemistryViews.org, ChemPubSoc Europe’s news and information site, looks back on 1,000 exciting, successful days in worldwide chemistry community

Uncovering Pathogens Outside the Lab
A colorimetric assay for diagnostics in the field detects every kind of pathogen by using DNAzymes and gold nanoparticles

Gian Piero Spada (1956 – 2013)
Gian Piero Spada, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Bologna, Italy, has passed away

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Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Light Makes Pores Bigger
Retroactive use of light increases the size of the pores within a polymer network