Instant insight: Swellable gels fix bad backs

16 April 2008

Brian Saunders and Tony Freemont discuss a new approach for treating back pain using injectable microgel implants

Interview: The secret life of molecules

18 April 2008

Christer Aakeröy talks to Freya Mearns about the language of molecules and molecular dating

Carbon nanotubes wear coats to deliver drugs

24 April 2008

Polymer coated carbon nanotubes could find a new use in drug delivery, claim Korean scientists.

How mouldy is your house?

29 April 2008

Concerns about mould growing in houses are on the increase, claim mycologists in France

Surprise reaction degrades chemical weapons

30 April 2008

Australian scientists improve our understanding of how peroxides destroy chemical warfare agents.

Electrochemistry takes the heat

07 May 2008

UK electrochemists are offering a more accurate technique for measuring the strength of hot sauces using carbon nanotubes

Fungi wake up to new natural products

29 April 2008

Re-awakening 'silent' metabolic pathways in fungi has revealed a new range of natural products to US scientists.

Miniature devices make the cut

02 May 2008

Chemically-powered molecular scissors and tweezer-like triangles offer new ways to manipulate structures on the nanoscale

Locking up radiotoxicity

02 May 2008

International scientists are using computer simulations to give insights into the long-term safety of nuclear waste in deep geological repositories

Emerging Investigators in chemical- and systems-biology

Highlighting the brightest new researchers in the field, issue 6 of Molecular BioSystems (MBS) is not to be missed!