Chemistry

• IN BRIEF: US firms power up to build advanced batteries - Premium content

  31 December 2008

• Synthetic opals show their colours - Premium content

  Tunable material promises cheap route to electronic books and advertising displays.

  24 December 2008

• Drinking water contamination mapped - Premium content

  Wide-ranging survey reveals low levels of some drugs and pesticides in US tap water.

  17 December 2008

• Plant hormone study pulled - Premium content

  Canadian lab retracts work on abscisic acid.

  10 December 2008

• More biologists report plastic contamination - Premium content

  Chemicals from lab equipment are ruining experiments worldwide.

  9 December 2008

• OPINION: Fearing the fear of nanotechnology - Premium content

  Hard data could help dispel scientists' preconceptions about the public, argues Richard Jones.

  9 December 2008

• Blood tests using sticky tape and paper - Premium content

  A cheap microfluidic device could revolutionize disease diagnosis in the developing world.

  8 December 2008

• Slow shipping hobbles Chinese science - Premium content

  A lack of laboratory reagents is taking its toll on researchers.

  3 December 2008

• IN BRIEF: Chemicals firm cancels plans for biodiesel plant - Premium content

  3 December 2008

• IN BRIEF: Distant world sports gassy signature of habitability - Premium content

  26 November 2008