The KCS-Wiley Young Chemist Award 2012 has been awarded to In Su Lee and Dal-Hee Min, both Seoul National University, South Korea

Carolyn R. Bertozzi, USA, awarded for her bioorthogonal method for changing cellular sugar codes and detecting diseased cells

Black mamba venom contains isopeptides from the three-finger toxin family that are endowed with powerful analgesic effects

In situ aberration-corrected electron microscopy aids the investigation of deactivation of catalytic gold nanoparticles

Mexican researchers have developed a system to fertilize plants using phosphite instead of orthophosphate

Aaron Wheeler, Canada, awarded the Heinrich Emanuel Merck Prize for work on the microfluidic extraction and quantification of estrogen

Addition of zwitterions to ionic liquids allows them to be loaded up with water allowing dissolution of biological molecules without degradation

A simple experiment combines modern NMR techniques with applications in drug design

Scientists analyzed how the composition of etching solutions determines the texture of silicon surfaces

Chemometrics allows analysts to unravel data from laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy the detection of explosive residues