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

Hanuš Medal Awarded
The Hanuš Medal of the Czech Chemical Society was awarded to Oldřich Pytela, Czech Republic, and Otto Wolfbeis, Germany

Absolute Configuration of (+)-Erythro-Mefloquine
The absolute configuration of (+)-erythro-mefloquine has been confirmed by X-ray crystallography, CD spectroscopy, and molecular modelling

Glucose Monitoring: Something to Cry About
Contact lenses powered by the wearer's tears can detect glucose levels and so might be used for continual monitoring of patients with diabetes

How Does Paper Age?
New spectrochemical analysis of naturally aged paper reveals normally unavailable information on the cellulose degradation by-products

Experiment!: Planning, Implementing and Interpreting
Book said to allow getting new research done that you can publish, quicker and smarter. … it's a clearly written, intelligent guide

Science on the Market: What Does Competition Do to Research?
Michael Hampe, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, argues that scientists should not oversell their work in the pursuit of competitive funding

Portable TB Detector
A device for the genetic detection of pathogenic bacteria has emerged from microfluidics research coupled with NMR spectroscopy

Wonderlab Comic – The Forgotten Savior
Regular checks of the safety equipment in the lab are very important as the occupants of Wonderlab find out