New Biocides Regulation enters into force on 17 July 2012; regulatory requirements for industry will apply from 1 September 2013

New Biocides Regulation Enters Into Force

Control of Nanoparticle Aggregation
The aggregation of gold nanoparticles is dependent on the nature of the organic cross-linkers and the capping compounds

Competitive European Industry
Europe must shape its industrial policy to emerge stronger from the current economic and financial crisis, says Alliance of industry

Sunburn Mechanism Identified
Skin cells treated with acute UVB radiation to investigate how skin detects damaging levels of UV radiation

Linde Expands Market Leadership in India
Linde to construct two air separation units (ASUs) for Tata Steel, Odisha, India

A Binary Coupling
The Morita-Baylis-Hillman coupling reaction is catalyzed by a guanidine-azole binary system

RCM/Beynon Award
Prize for best paper in Rapid Communication in Mass Spectrometry (RCM) has been awarded to J. Roeraade et al., Sweden

Detecting Tumor Cells with Iron
Magnetoferritin nanoparticles are a new promising diagnostic tool to visualize tumor tissues

Off-Line Particle Analysis
New efficient thermophoretic precipitator designed and tested for collection of NaCl and Mo nanoparticles at three sample flow rates

Australian Chemistry under the Spotlight
Colin L. Raston outlines how Australian research has been advanced through a range of fellowships and research programs