George M. Whitesides

TL;DR: A useful technique for the efficient manipulation of enzymes in organic synthesis is described, in which the enzyme in soluble form is enclosed in commercially available dialysis membranes, and it is found that it combines the simplicity of use of soluble enzymes with certain of the advantages of immobilizd enzymes.

TL;DR: Experimental observations support inertia-dominated dynamics of the interface, and suggest the possible similarity to the dynamics of a topologically inverted counterpart of this system, that is, a dripping faucet.

TL;DR: Micropatterned agarose stamps prepared by molding against PDMS masters to print patterns of bacteria on agar plates are described, which are rapid, reproducible, convenient, and can be used to control the pattern, spacing, and orientation between colonies of different bacteria.

TL;DR: This volume aims to document the most important worldwide accomplishments in converging knowledge and technology, including converging platforms, methods of convergence, societal implications, and governance in the last ten years.

TL;DR: There is no single hydrophobic effect, with a universally applicable, common, thermodynamic description: different processes, i.e., partitioning between phases of different hydrophobicity, aggregation in water, and binding) with different thermodynamics, depend on the molecular-level details of the structures of the molecules involved, and of the aggregates that form.