Joseph Wang, University of California, USA, has been awarded the Spiers Memorial Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

The chemical synthesis of a masked analogue of a fish antifreeze protein has been developed

Philip Mountford, Oxford University, UK, has been awarded for his work on metal–ligand multiple bonding and polymerization catalysts

A polymer endowed with metal-catecholate functional groups can absorb toxic chemicals from the air

Polymer gel microcapsules can oscillate in and out depending on pH, offering potential for regular, self-medicating devices

Optically generated vapor bubbles make hydrogel microrobots move; a novel new way of creating non-mechanical microbots

A binol salt can be used as a surfactant in the preparation of a stable aqueous dispersion of graphene

Heavy metal pollution in humans: supermagnetic nanocomposite effectively removes cadmium ions from blood