All articles by James Urquhart – Page 13
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Curiosity detect hints of complex organics
Mars rover picks up chlorinated hydrocarbons on the Red Planet, but are they native or did they hitch a ride?
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Two-faced particles self-assemble in sync
Magnetic microspheres' self-organisation into tubules could be harnessed for microfluidics
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On the road to more energetic biofuels
A combination of fermentation and catalytic processes has been used to turn biomass into larger, more energy dense fuels
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Fireflies inspire low-cost LED lighting
Mimicking bioluminescent structures could help drive down the cost of manufacturing LEDs
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ResearchDrawing gas sensors with a nanotube pencil
Simple way to make paper-based gas sensors could be used to detect almost any gas or disease biomarkers
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NewsUN report urges chemical industry to clean-up
The global cost of poor chemical management is high but industry argues report presents an incomplete picture
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Graphene–boron nitride stitching to sew up electronics
Composite material could overcome graphene's limitations to produce thin, flexible electronic devices
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Turning wastewater into food
Scientists have developed a simple process to recover a valuable raw material from sewage - phosphorus
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Flexible lighting is on a roll
Light emitting sheets thinner than a piece of paper have been made in a similar manner to printing a newspaper
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Liquid gallium lights up
Nanomoulded gallium gratings switch plasmonic properties as they melt and solidify
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NewsRediscovered Native American remedy kills poxvirus
Herbal medicine used to treat smallpox in the 19th century found to halt viral replication in vitro
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Catalysis at the flick of a switch
A nanoswitch that can be turned on or off by copper(I) ions can be used to control an organic reaction
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Simulating your way to a better supercapacitor
A model of ion arrangement in a supercapacitor will help researchers design devices that hold more energy
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Unusual kinetics of catalyst revealed
Understanding the unexpected role of ligands in metal catalysed C-H activation shows that synthetic chemist may need to think quite differently
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Branched organic nanowire heterojunctions
Chinese researchers have combined two organic materials to create a tree-like structure that emits various wavelengths
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Treating hospital wastewater
Bioreactors could be part of the solution to the problem of drugs entering the water supply
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Iron accumulation linked to neurogenerative disease
New discovery suggests iron chelation could treat diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
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Simple one stop shop for difluoromethylation
Drugs and agrichemicals can be easily improved using the new process and pharma is already making use of it
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For clean carbon dioxide conversion just add water
A photocatalytic system has been created that can turn carbon dioxide into basic chemical building blocks