All Matter articles – Page 59
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ResearchLaser 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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ResearchRobotic 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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ResearchPhysics behind freezing bubbles’ hypnotic ice crystal dance revealed
Marangoni flow responsible for the often photographed but never studied snow globe effect in freezing soap bubbles
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ResearchGlucose-regulating nanogel keeps blood sugar in the sweet spot
System prevents hyperglycemia in rats by acting like an artificial liver
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ResearchFirst isolable thorium nitride complex made
Researchers use new complex to probe covalency of actinide–ligand double bonds
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ResearchChiral borane complexes catalyse new synthesis opportunities
N-heterocyclic carbene-borane complexes with a rare stereogenic boron centre demonstrate potential in stereoselective catalysis
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ResearchSaliva test uses surface imprinting to recognise Zika
Sensor matches surface roughness of its electrode with Zika’s dimensions and generates results within 20 minutes
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ResearchStudy ranks interactions between hydrogen-bond acceptors and cations
Experiments establish a set of parameters that will help scientists predict the free energies of the interaction between cations and hydrogen-bond acceptors in any solvent with good reliability
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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
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BusinessIndustry adopts quantum computing, qubit by qubit
Companies looking to solve complex chemistry problems are among early adopters of quantum technology
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ResearchEveryday kitchen chemicals used to grow carbon nanotubes
Nanotubes can be synthesised at relatively low temperatures using sodium compounds
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ResearchNanoparticle-fed plankton grow magnetic skeletons
Scientists make bionic material by commandeering the growth process of a calcifying organism
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ResearchFirst atom-thick perovskites show there’s no limits to crystallinity
Could 2D perovskite oxides become the next graphene?
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ResearchCarbon dioxide generated then recycled in polymerisation bicycle
Zinc catalyst links two polymerisation reactions to grow block copolymer
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FeatureVictor Ninov and the element that never was
20 years on, Kit Chapman investigates how a scientific scandal unfolded
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ReviewSuperheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table
Kit Chapman has been on a journey around the world to discover how new elements are made
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ReviewThe Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter
Megan McGregor reviews Paul Steinhardt’s book about the discovery of quasicrystals
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ResearchLaser technique watches how implants release drugs
Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy continues to diversify its applications
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ResearchBaran and Blackmond team up to wave farewell to tough ether syntheses
Oxidative decarboxylation produces carbocations that greatly speed up hindered ether production
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NewsThe Cambridge Structural Database hits one million structures
Warning! Contains extreme crystallography