All Atoms and bonds articles – Page 38
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Podcast
tert-Butyl lithium or t-BuLi
A pyrophoric reagent that remains one of chemistry’s staples and the liquid salts that can tame its wild reactivity
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Research
Hydrogens caught tunnelling in tandem
Researchers capture images of concerted quantum tunnelling
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Research
Hunt for element 119 to begin
Japan and the US team up to start the next row of the periodic table
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Research
Let single crystals do the heavy lifting
Move over ants! There’s a new, smaller, weight lifting sensation in town
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Research
Interlocked molecules encircle stable radicals
Catenane radicals with up to seven oxidation states might one day be used in memory devices
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Research
Putting a new spin on things
In the next part of our future of chemistry series we look at how diamond defects could transform everything from NMR to fighting cancer
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Research
Tentative claims for new metallic hydrogen phase
New results point to four or more solid forms of hydrogen
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Research
Hydrogen bonded system faces strength test
New tool can measure noncovalent interaction under non-equilibrium, near-physiological conditions
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Podcast
Chlorine trifluoride
Tabitha Watson introduces a poisonous, corrosive and extremely reactive compound that will start ‘roaring reactions’ with almost anything
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Research
Golden touch to detect ultra-small quantities of DNA
New method uses gold nanoprobes to overcome the problems of PCR detecting small nucleic acids
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Research
Crystalline copper compound gets knotted
Crystals as flexible as nylon could open door to new uses in wearable electronics
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Opinion
A 3D periodic table?
Molecular frameworks could offer whole new perspectives on our chemical world
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Research
Dysprosium molecular magnet sets new temperature record
Sandwich compound keeps its magnetic memory at –213°C, bringing ultra-dense data storage a step closer
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Opinion
Solving the technetium medical isotope shortage
The UK has a solution to the potential shortage of technetium-99m – but that’s no reason to be complacent about leaving Euratom
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News
Warnings that radiochemistry is dying
Critical nuclear know-how is dwindling as the younger generation avoid this vital field
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News
Game over for the original kilogram
The big K has performed admirably for over a century but all the data is in to redefine the kilogram using natural constants
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Opinion
Computational chemistry: a virtual reality?
Computers are getting better at modelling chemistry. But there are still many challenges to overcome.
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Feature
Quantum chemistry on quantum computers
The special properties of quantum computers should make them ideal for accurately modelling chemical systems, Philip Ball discovers