Competition for young start-ups offers a total amount of 76.000 EUR, valuable contacts, professional feedback, and industry know-how

2011 calls for the European Union's 7th Framework Programme: 6.4 billion EUR — Europe's biggest ever investment in research and innovation

Award for analytical science presented to Luisa Torsi, University of Bari, Italy

Atomic-scale resolution of water on mica reveals new details about wetting processes

Electrophoreses removes the need to culture bacteria samples before identification

Albert Schenning, Carsten Schmuck, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, and José Barluenga are interviewed this month

Scientists succeed in filming organs and joints in real time using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) by reducing the recording time

Building a sensor with an "artificial nose" – using fluorescent compounds and DNA – could make sniffer dogs redundant

Enzymatic fiber-optic biosensor could be used as a continuous in situ monitoring device for halogenated environmental pollutants

Inclusion of Cu-based MOF into the HPLC silica stationary phase using new synthesis method gives good separation