All articles by David Bradley – Page 5

News

Sound approach to unclicking click chemistry

2011-09-15T11:56:00Z

Click chemistry reaction thrown into reverse using ultrasound could lead to new protection strategies

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Brewing up synthetic yeast

2011-09-14T14:49:00Z

Yeast with a part synthetic chromosome have been created and could be used to manufacture drugs or polymers

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Seaweed extract gives lithium batteries a boost

2011-09-08T19:00:00Z

Polysaccharides from brown algae offer a cheap way to stabilise silicon anodes and improve battery capacity

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Spiders, Grubb's and polymer-powered nanomotors

2011-09-05T13:29:00Z

A chemical spider uses a Grubbs' catalyst to spin its polymer web and power its movement

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Chemists are dying to uncover historic textile's

2011-08-24T13:45:00Z

Spectroscopic analysis allows identification of dyes in heritage clothing and offers insights into technological sophistication

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Filming the roundabout production of cells' chemical fuel

2011-08-05T10:19:00Z

Japanese researchers have used atomic force microscopy to film the enzyme that synthesises ATP

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Cracking diamonds reveals continental origins

2011-07-22T12:12:00Z

Impurities in diamonds have given researchers a clue to when tectonic activity began on ancient Earth

Feature

Picture perfect

2007-01-29T13:26:23Z

Medical imaging now promises to take us to the molecular level, thanks to new, powerful MRI machines and clever contrast agents, as David Bradley finds out

Feature

NMR and the 3D world of proteins

2006-04-26T14:07:00Z

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is solving the 3D structure of previously inaccessible protein structures, thanks to recent advances in the field. David Bradley reports.