All Atoms and bonds articles – Page 57
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Feature
Main group renaissance
After years languishing behind more fashionable areas of research, the main group elements are back in vogue. James Mitchell Crow finds out why
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Research
Digitally unrolling historical scrolls
X-ray tomography can unroll and read parchment scrolls that have become stuck together.
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Opinion
The name's (quadruple) bond?
Philip Ball discusses the contentious issue of C2 bonding. Dare we draw four lines?
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Podcast
YBCO - Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide
Neil Withers recalls making this groundbreaking superconductor as a student
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Opinion
Quantum leaps of faith
The path to quantum mechanics becomes smoother if you take a different route, says Philip Ball
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Podcast
Magnesium sulfate
Brian Clegg explains how bath salts may actually be more than just relaxing
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Feature
Tiny insights
Chemists and materials scientists are adopting a range of three-dimensional imaging techniques to reveal structural secrets. Andy Extance looks inside their work
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Opinion
Make or break: the laws of motion
Molecular machinery involves a delicate interplay of forces, but biology has found the balance, says Philip Ball
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Review
Inorganic electrochemistry: theory, practice and application (2nd edn)
Inorganic redox processes