Corwin Hansch, Professor Emeritus, Pomona College, California, USA, passed away on May 8th

Renewable resources as a feedstock does not guarantee a cleaner fuel

Designer drug and ecstasy substitute, benzylpiperazine, shown to cause long term damage to health

Absorbents that remove CO2 from ultra-dilute gas streams could capture CO2 straight from the air rather than at source

A systematic study of healthcare literature reveals there is no truth behind the belief that selenium can prevent cancer

Bunches of nanopillars formed on gold-coated gallium nitride could improve the detection of biomolecules at low concentration

Reactant that changes color enables detection of nerve-agent mimics and identification of the nerve gas

Bee venom helps researchers create detector sensitive enough to detect a single molecule of an explosive such as TNT

Light-triggered myosin allows real-time study of cells

Stereoselective construction of the tricyclic core of marine norditerpinoid brings total synthesis of anticancer compounds closer