All Atoms and bonds articles – Page 58
-
Opinion
Black crystal arts
The secret tricks needed to coax out crystals hark back to our alchemical past
-
Feature
Guided by the light of a neutron candle
It is 80 years since James Chadwick discovered the neutral sub-atomic particle and 40 years since the Laue-Langevin Institute opened its doors. To celebrate, Philip Robinson visits the most intense neutron source in the world
-
Research
Fluorine finally found in nature
Mystery of nasty niff from ‘fetid fluorite’ minerals is solved - it’s all down to the fluorine it releases
-
News
Oxo wall still stands as inorganic papers retracted
Curtain falls on controversy over creation of metal-oxo complexes as authors publish new work refuting their previous claims
-
News
Flerovium and Livermorium take seats at the periodic table
Names for elements 114 and 116 ratified by Iupac
-
Research
MOFs meet rotaxanes
A rotaxane has been used as a linker in the manufacture of a metal organic framework
-
News
Plutonium in a spin
Japanese and US researchers have solved the decades-old problem of plutonium-239’s NMR spectrum
-
News
Double whammy blow to US nuclear science
Los Alamos National Lab’s budget will be cut by 11% and an actinide chemistry facility postponed
-
Feature
Glenn Seaborg: plutonium and beyond
Mike Sutton reports on Glenn Seaborg's adventures among the actinides
-
Feature
Quasicrystals scoop prize
The 2011 Nobel laureate in chemistry, Daniel Shechtman, fought hard to win acceptance of his discovery: quasicrystals. Laura Howes tells how perseverance led to the ultimate recognition
-
Opinion
The Evans balance
Easy to use and robust, the Evans or JM balance has been on the market in various forms since 1974