All articles by Kate McAlpine
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Tiny pump senses chemical changes and acts
A polymer pump that works better the more it breaks could deliver drugs or detect disease
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Conjuring graphene oxide from thin air
US chemists have turned carbon dioxide into graphene oxide
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Stripped down spectroscopy to probe single molecules
Spectroscopy has been taken to its most basic level - a single photon interacting with a single molecule
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Radical experiment assesses interstellar nitrogen
Supercold radical reactions suggest that there may be less molecular nitrogen between the stars than previously thought
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Artificial intelligence for quantum chemistry
A database of quantum chemical results and some clever algorithms can be used to predict atomisation energies
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Print quality nanotubes control LED switching
Printed carbon nanotube transistors could prove to be a cheaper way to control LEDs in flatscreen displays
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Shedding light on ultracold reactions in space
Counterintuitive results in ultracold chemistry are helping to build a picture of reactions taking place in deep space
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Spotting artery damage before a heart attack
New technique can view blood vessels' structure and molecular signs of ill health at the same time
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Dismissing gatekeepers for enhanced nerve control
A calcium-ion absorbing coating could improve electrodes being used to treat conditions such as epilepsy
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Ironing out the wrinkles in graphene ribbon fabrication
Chinese scientists have developed a technique that can produce regular parallel arrays of graphene nanoribbons
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Laser can detect explosive traces at a distance
US researchers have developed a laser technique that can spot nanogram quantities of TNT centimetres away
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Sapphire scaffold builds flexoelectric film from the ground up
A film that generates an electric field when bent will be useful for making better photovoltaics and diodes
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Hacking into cells' chemical phone calls
Researchers have listened to a cell's chemical whispers using a nano-engineered device
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Transparent lithium ion batteries bring solar cell windows closer
Materials scientists have made transparent batteries by making electrodes so fine they are invisible to the naked eye
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Self-assembling DNA structures carve out a niche
DNA has been used to pattern silicon dioxide in an advance that could help manufacture computer chips
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Nanomaterial dust no worse than the rest
An industry study on mice suggests that dust from working nanomaterials is not more toxic than dust from regular materials
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Shaping crystals with bio-tools
Using peptides to control crystal growth could lead to more active catalytic surfaces that are not currently accessible, experts say
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Microrockets aim at cancer diagnostics
Self propelling tubes capture cancer cells from biological samples
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Water result for Li battery technology
Using an aqueous cathode increases capacity and avoids wear during charging cycles, researchers say