Crystallography – Page 8
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Opinion
Crystallography 101
Philip Ball reflects on a century of progress in the science of structure
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News
Chemistry laureate Jerome Karle dies
Joint winner of the 1985 Nobel prize in chemistry dies at the age of 94
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Feature
A signal honour
The 2012 Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded to Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors. Phillip Broadwith looks at the molecular machinery underpinning cell signalling
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Opinion
Black crystal arts
The secret tricks needed to coax out crystals hark back to our alchemical past
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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
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Research
Mystery of green bacon solved
Scientists have used x-ray diffraction to determine the structure of the nitrite burn on bacon
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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