Gas-phase carbonic acid should not exist according to textbooks, but it has now been isolated and examined spectroscopically

Isolating Carbonic Acid

Mussel Adhesive for DNA Chips
Easy universal DNA immobilization on surfaces with a synthetic mussel polymer

Increasing Oxygen Delivery
Allosteric Effectors of Human Hemoglobin

Buzzi-Ferraris and Manenti Talk About Their New Book
Find out why a library of numerical methods is like your car, being co-authors is similar to being married, teaching numerical methods is fun for students

Sparkling Wine, Champagne & Co – Part 3
The scientific basis for the fascinating bubble dance and how to ensure it lasts as long as possible

M. Bahadir on Sustainable Water Management
Müfit Bahadir speaks about sustainable global water management, student mobility, international cooperations and the Exceed Project

Sparkling Wine, Champagne & Co – Part 2
Opening the bottle and choosing the glass – Who would have guessed that both would give us insights into thermodynamics?

Crystallographic Confusion
Two bond or not two bond? That is a question of X-ray crystal structure interpretation, especially for cyclobutadiene

Electrochemistry 2010 Snapshots
Pictures from the Electrochemistry conference in Bochum, Germany

Tunable Plastic Thermometers
Tunable, (super)conductive plastic films made with ion beam and used for electrical resistance thermometers