Polystyrene nanofibers can be used to simulate axons and study how they are wrapped by myelin

Luisa De Cola, ISIS, France, talks about her research on nanomaterials, the increasing role of the internet in teaching, and her love of chocolate

Overcoming technological challenges in producing nano-sized, hybrid particles, especially with regard to continuous processing

Chemists in Germany have used a thiophene-based twin monomer to generate microporous carbon doped with sulfur atoms

Korean scientists have created nanotubules which swell and contract following variations in temperature

The origin of damage to nanofilms in DVD players is revealed to be quantum confinement of electrons

Simple method to improve the high-rate capability of TiO₂ nanotube arrays for use in lithium-ion batteries

Make your predictions for the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry here

Hideyuki Otsuka and Kazushi Kinbara, both Japan, have been awarded the Society of Polymer Science Japan Wiley Award

A glycosilated polypropyletherimine dendrimer defends gut wall’s integrity during infectious inflammatory diarrhea