The little-known bacterial disease, meliodosis, is difficult to diagnose and resistant to a wide range of antibiotics

New Infectious Disease

Encapsulation of Contrast Agents for MRI
A nanoconfinement system for MRI contrast agents enhances relaxivity and hence improves imaging contrast

Surface Compositions of Bimetallic Nanoparticles
Simple and general method to quantitatively determine the surface and core compositions of bimetallic nanoparticles (bi-MNPs)

Metal–Peptide Nanoropes
Tunable luminescent nanoropes as mimics for natural collagen

Keeping Your Touch Screens Clean
Designing device screens that resist fingerprints requires understanding how fingerprints behave

Nanofiber Electrodes
Nitrogen-doped carbon nanofiber shows excellent properties as electrode for sodium-ion batteries

70th Birthday: Jürgen Gmehling
Chemical engineering professor celebrates 70th birthday

300th Birthday: Antonio de Ulloa
Spanish scientist, explorer, and naval officer credited with the first description of platinum

How Arsenic Builds Up in Plant Seeds
Inositol transport system regulates arsenic uptake

Answering Nature’s Call with a Drug
Medicinal chemists develop a new lead candidate against overactive bladder