All articles by Katrina Krämer – Page 14
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Research
Explosive 25% more powerful than TNT found in first study of energetic isomers
Stereo- and regiochemistry affect compounds’ explosive potential
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Gravity-defying droplets race upside down on super slippery surface
Charged superamphiphobic surface propels water, blood and other liquids up vertical slopes and even upside down
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Push–pull radical theory finally vindicated after decades of back and forth
Solvent effect proves that captodative effect really exists after all
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First movie of tumbling molecule reveals its quantum nature
Rotating rod-shaped molecule’s wavefunction recorded in 651 images
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News
Boris Johnson reappoints brother as UK science minister
Former universities and science minister Jo Johnson returns to old job in new prime minister’s government
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Research
First molecular knots made from just benzene rings
Catenane and trefoil knot are the first mechanically interlocked molecules made from only carbon and hydrogen
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Algorithm finds the 569 molecules that might drive a waste-free economy
Strategic compounds within a huge chemical network pinpointed by machine learning
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Molecular amplifier makes purest chiral Möbius aromatic
Stack of chiral components creates most enantiopure twisted aromatic ring ever made
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Resurrected enzyme aces cellulose catalysis
Protein that survived extreme conditions on early Earth could be a boon for biofuel industry
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Podcast
Cyclopropane
Chemistry’s tastiest bonds for an explosive anaesthetic that was as useful as it was dangerous
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News
Female scientists’ pages keep disappearing from Wikipedia – what’s going on?
A deletion battle over a black female chemist’s biography has put Wikipedia’s gender gap in the spotlight
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Research
Translating molecules into music helps humans and AI understand proteins
Scientists make amino acids’ vibrations audible to train artificial intelligence programs in protein design
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News
‘Build a bold vision for UK research,’ scientists urge next prime minister
Academies, charities and universities unite in appeal to Conservative leadership hopefuls to invest in science
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Research
Electric field flicks switch for bond breaking reaction
Proof that electrostatics can selectively power up one reaction in a multistep process
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Research
First 4D look at crystallising atoms contradicts textbook nucleation theory
Tracking individual atoms over time in a solid-to-solid phase puts another nail in classical nucleation theory’s coffin
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Floppiness scale untangles knotted molecules
Chemists use floppiness factor to characterise mechanically interlocked molecules using mass spectrometry
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Research
Laser centrifuge spins out chiral molecules in world first
Experimental proof that molecule’s rotation can be controlled with light could lead to new ways to separate enantiomers
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Research
Robotic fish powered by hydraulic blood and two heart pumps
Soft robot mimics lionfish’s graceful movement with flow batteries and hydraulic fluids
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News
Switching UK’s gas network to hydrogen perfectly possible, report finds
Repurposing the natural gas network would cut out country’s biggest source of carbon emissions
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Research
‘Little big coil’ breaks record for world’s strongest magnet
High temperature superconductor used to create 45.5 Tesla field magnet 9000 times more powerful than a fridge magnet