All articles by James Urquhart – Page 4
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NewsDecoding the virus – what we know about Sars-CoV-2 a year on
Scientists have never learnt so much about a pathogen in such a short time
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ResearchKatritzky reaction rate turbocharged by glassware
Amine transfer reaction can be sped up as much as 33 times by the presence of glass
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ResearchRedox-less electron transfer in ‘weird’ material could allow powerful batteries
Models predict yttrium difluorocarbene could hold twice the charge of lithium-ion cells
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ResearchRippling polymer sheets flex like muscles
Two-dimensional Belousov–Zhabotinsky gels mimic the way organisms move
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FeatureUsing ions to connect life to machines
Ionotronic materials are beginning to show how life’s signals can be aligned with electronics. James Urquhart speaks to the scientists who are exploring the emerging frontier
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NewsPerseverance rover’s suite of chemical tools will search for signs of ancient life on Mars
Upgraded probe is better equipped to investigate the red planet
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ResearchBright blue radical lives on for months in chicken feed and urea solution
Deep eutectic solvents can tame methyl viologen radical used in self-dimming windows
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ResearchLuxury blue paint pigment catalyses its own ‘disease’
Discovery could help preserve Renaissance masterpieces
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ResearchArtificial chloroplasts turn CO2 into multicarbon molecules, powered only by light
Microfluidic platform opens up non-natural metabolic pathways
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ResearchTrapped enzyme reveals its unexpected shape-shifting ability
Metamorphic protein confined in nanopore found to switch between different 3D shapes as it catalyses a redox reaction
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ResearchSoap-like catalyst outperforms enzyme with mimicry and micelles
Bioinspired approach could be used for a range of enzymes
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ResearchSuperconductivity discovered in extra-terrestrial objects for the first time
Material in meteorites is likely to have formed under intense conditions
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ResearchDNA instructions pack proteins into unique crystal structures
Process could aid discovery of materials that exploit specific protein functions, such as drug molecules or biocatalysts
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ResearchAutomated radial synthesis could usher in era of chemistry ‘server farms’
System to streamline small molecule production could bring state-of-the-art chemistry to many more teams
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ResearchLaser-lit honeycomb polymer boosts bacterial bioelectricity
Technique delivers orders-of-magnitude increase in microbial fuel cell current
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ResearchStretchy ionic polymers pave the way for ion-based tech
Elastomers deliver ionic analogues of diodes, transistors and transducers without using a liquid electrolyte
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ResearchWarning that 3D printing pills can stop drugs working
Photoreactive monomers need close scrutiny for production of polypills
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ResearchCar exhaust fumes could be used to clean up the recovery of metals
Process could make carbon capture cheaper by providing a use for trapped CO2
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ResearchE-liquids linked to US deaths form deadly compound when vaped
Pyrolysis of vitamin E acetate creates organic molecule with effects comparable to first world war chemical weapon
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ResearchSimulated chiral light identifies and controls mirror-image molecules
Theoretical ‘photonic reagent’ could highlight enantiomers for simple separation