As I mentioned in my Community Insights a couple of weeks ago, it's been a very productive year for SpecialChem in terms of education and participation. The most impressive area which SpecialChem can be very proud of is in the area of R&D and the subjects that the community found to be most valuable in their everyday work. In this article, I will try to examine each of the top ten R&D Highlights for 2010. It will be divided into 2 parts as the material to present will be quite extensive. To review, these are the top ten R&D topics which were accesses by members of the SpecialChem Community. Their popularity was recorded and tabulated each time these topics were accessed by a community member.