A new lab-on-a-chip sensor array – little bigger than a business card can – detect toxic industrial chemicals at low cost and low concentrations

Toxic Color Test

DuPont: Leadership Changes
Terry Caloghiris named as President – Strategic Initiatives and John McCool President – Performance Coatings, both effective Nov. 1

A Spoonful of Salt Helps the Medicine Go Down
Crystal engineers have found a way to change the solvated form of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug celecoxib to improve oral availability

Electrocoagulation Removes Chromium
Wastewater treatment technique removes chromium from well water without the addition of chemical reagents

Breakthrough for Creating Biorenewable Chemicals
Key features uncovered that control the high reactivity of gold nanoparticles in a process that oxidizes alcohols in water

Largest Specialty Gas Plants
Air Products buils two on-site ammonia plantsin China – the world’s first onsite, large-scale specialty gas plants

Nagoya Silver Medal Special Issue
The 11 Silver Medal winners from 1999 to 2009 represent the ‘crème de la crème’ of modern Japanese organic chemistry

Medical LEDs Get Under Your Skin
Ultra-thin sheets of LEDs implanted under the skin could be used in medical monitoring or in light-activated drug delivery systems

Blog: Post-doc in Paris 1
What is a Post-Doc in Paris like? Tibiriçá Gonçalves Vasconcelos shares his experiences in a new Blog.

See Hidden Fingerprints
Fingerprints that have been washed off metal surfaces can now be retrieved