Talc can behave as both a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic material. An explanation for this cohesion-adhesion dichotomy has washed up

Two-Faced Talc

Reverse Logic
A reversible DNA logic circuit can repeatedly carry out its computational task as inputs change, according to British scientists

Creating a New Generation of Scientists
Javier Garcia Martinez talks about the four elements of modern chemistry: food, energy, water, climate and how improve life worldwide

Highest Adsorption of Metal-Organic Framework for Benzothiophene
A metal–organic framework (MOF) MIL-47 loaded with CuCl2 showed the highest adsorption capacity for benzothiophene

High-Performance Nanofiber Fuel Cell Electrodes
New nanofiber-structured electrode fabricated and tested as cathode in proton exchange membrane fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies

Hydrogen Storage in a Liquid
Liquid-phase material that stores H2 could make the transition to an H2-based energy economy cheaper and easier

Best Paper in Mass Spectrometry
A. Licciardello, University of Catania, Italy, has been awarded the Beynon Prize 2011 from Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Guide to Cutting CO2 Emissions
Analysis of the technological steps needed to reduce California’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 identifies the key role of electricity

New Continuous Chromatographic Technology
Validation of a procedure for the selection of operating parameters of sequential centrifugal partition chromatography

DECHEMA Award 2011 for A. Hierlemann
A. Hierlemann, ETH Zurich, awarded prize for work that directly couples living cells to microelectronic chips