The Invention of Dynamic Materials Nature-inspired materials are materials that have some component that has been inspired or derived from...

The Woodward-Hoffmann Rules Chemical transformations of the atomic structure of matter have been proceeding on Earth for billions of years....

Biofuels and the Global Energy Transition Recent years have seen an increase in the call for the “energy transition.” This...

Biominerals and Biologically-Based Materials  Biominerals are natural composite materials based upon biomolecules (such as proteins) and minerals produced by living...

DNA – More Than Just Genetic Material As is widely known, DNA base pairing (Figure 1) provides the chemical foundation...

Mechanistic Enzymology An enzyme is a substance that acts as a catalyst in living organisms, regulating the rate at which...

Ultrafast Lasers A laser is a device that stimulates atoms or molecules to emit light at particular wavelengths and amplifies...

The Human Gut Microbiota The human gastrointestinal tract harbours a complex and dynamic population of microorganisms, the gut microbiota –...

Metabolites – Primary and Secondary A metabolite is any substance that is produced during metabolism* or that takes part in...

MALDI-MSI: What is it, and how does it work? Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/ Ionisation Mass Spectrometry Imaging or, more simply, MALDI-MSI...

The Post-Antibiotic Era & Bacteriophages The age of antibiotics began with the introduction of penicillin, hailed as a medical miracle...

Foodborne Listeriosis and L. Monocytogenes The threat of bacterial pathogens has come to light due to advancing global research on...

What is Toxicology? Toxicology involves the study of harmful effects that chemicals may have on organisms. Misunderstanding chemicals, such as...