Understanding the chemistry of radioactive compounds emerges as one of the most urgent scientific challenges

Synthetic material gets stronger from repeated stress much like bones after repeated workouts

Replacing platinum in fuel cells with polymer coated nanotubes decreases cost but not power output

Single-component photocatalyst shows 20-fold increase in H2 production over current alternatives

Iron-based catalysis gives new route to triorganophosphates for flame retardants without the need for chlorine

X-rays are not the only way: Phosphorescent metal–organic coordination polymers can also be used in optical imaging

Max Planck Society establishes new research facility for "Intelligent Systems" in Germany, unifying biology, computer and materials sciences

Templated growth allowed US researchers to make almost zero-resistance nanoscopic ribbons of epitaxial graphene just 15–40 nanometers wide

An economic method based on a vacuum procedure can convert an off-the-shelf catalyst into a highly active photocatalyst without doping

It is 130 years since the birth of Hermann Staudinger, the father of polymer chemistry