B. Weckhuysen, E. Bouwnan, E. de Jong, consortium partners in CatchBio, talk about their experiences, their expectations, why CatchBio is so unique
CatchBio — Speaking With Consortium Partners
Plant Biotech Trends
Biotech crops reached 160 million hectares in 2011 with the US and Brazil dominating the global market
Wonderlab Comic — Open
In every lab there are three cursed objects that should never be opened — Wonderlab is no different ...
Google Water
Google PageRank has been adapted to help chemists understand complex systems such as water's hydrogen-bonding network
Boiled Eggs: Soft and Hard — Part 1
When we rap a knife on the shell of a freshly boiled egg we are seldom aware of what a technical marvel we are dealing with
Frank Behrendt: Renewable Energy – Public Perception and Future Visions
Frank Behrendt, Technische Universität Berlin, talks about the public perception of renewable energy and the sustainable cities of the future
Guess the Chemist (3)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?
Finding Cancer Cells in Blood
Chip-based method for the rapid, sensitive isolation of rare cells in blood
Diamino Acids Found in Simulated Interstellar Ices
The groups of Uwe Meierhenrich and Cornelia Meinert have used multidimensional gas chromatography to detect building blocks of genes in artificial cosmos
Periodic Tales
Hugh Aldersey-Williams' book, Periodic Tales – A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc, is reviewed by Matthias Driess