New understanding of dynamics of cutting carbon nanotubes could lead to better-quality nanotubes for use in electronics
Cutting Nanotubes with Compression
Incensed About Herbal High
Revealed: Biochemistry explaining potency and addictive nature of cannabis-like "herbal high" sold as incense in Europe
An Array of Colorful Polymers
Researchers have synthesized different colored polyesters simply by changing the ratio of the starting materials
Cracking Zeolite Design
Zeolite Y crystals with hierarchical porosity have been synthesized and display close to ideal hydrocracking selectivity
Atomic Weights Revised
Atomic weights of 10 elements to be revised to reflect their natural abundances. Elements with a single isotope will not change
Crystallographic Confusion
Two bond or not two bond? That is a question of X-ray crystal structure interpretation, especially for cyclobutadiene
Landfill Leachate ̶ A Dangerous Liquid
When landfill waste degrades and rain rinses the resulting products out, a black liquid and toxic leachate is formed
Nanopores Identify Modified DNA Bases
New solid-state nanopore technique is sensitive enough to distinguish hydroxymethylcytosine from methylcytosine
Electrochemistry 2010 Snapshots
Pictures from the Electrochemistry conference in Bochum, Germany
Biphasic Biodiesel Production System
Oil/ionic liquid system overcomes problems of enzymatic biodiesel production, giving 98 % yields