Sugar-based supergelators can congeal oils to produce highly transparent gels with remarkable self-healing properties

Optimization of cell factories like Aspergillus niger might help replace the chemical building blocks derived from petroleum

Engineering of globular proteins has allowed to make solvent-free liquids comprising structurally and functionally intact biomolecules

Local unpairing of DNA strands probed by binuclear ruthenium complexes

Cross-coupling reaction leads to a pyridine-based ligand with a rigid tetrahedral core in good yield — a geometry little explored to date

Germany's third largest industry achieves new record figures for 1st half 2011

Tailored functionalization of carbon nanotubes for electrocatalytic water splitting and sustainable energy applications

The long journey to the laser and its rapid development after 1960

Zeolitic imidazolate framework suitable for separation of biobutanol (alternative to petroleum-based chemical) from fermentation broth

First synthetic metabolic pathway for the production of the platform chemical isobutyric acid