All articles by Phillip Broadwith – Page 26
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Polystyrene depolymerisation: new recycling option
Continuous conversion of polystyrene back to styrene could make recycling of the plastic more viable
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Caffeine crystals with an elastic bent
Discovery could help researchers engineer flexibility into designer molecules
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ResearchFunky fruit glitters for decades
The first plant displaying structural colour has been discovered
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Joining the unjoinable
Chemists develop molecular 'staples' to hold two non-stick polymers together
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Beating the heat with camouflage makeup
Face paint could protect soldiers from the heat of a bomb blast
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Synthetic platelet helpers set to save lives
Nanoparticles that help to rapidly build clots could save many lives by buying doctors valuable time at the scene of an accident
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Fluoroborates without the etch
A simple, practical method for making popular trifluoroborate reagents without etching glassware or tedious purification procedures has been developed by chemists in the UK
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John Peterson takes the helm at Iupac
Iupac’s new executive director, John Peterson, starts today
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Flexible hairy heartbeat sensor
Korean scientists have developed a skin-like flexible strain sensor made from interlocking forests of nanofibres
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Storm on the horizon for ozone levels
Summer storms can deplete ozone by injecting water into the stratosphere with implications for climate engineering
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Remote controlled omniphobic surface
A surface that oil and water slides off can be turned on and off using a magnet
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FeatureSequencing in the fast lane
Advances in DNA sequencing technology are changing the way scientists look at genomes. Phillip Broadwith gets up to speed with the latest developments
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Silky solution to storing vaccines and drugs
Freeze-drying pharmaceuticals in raw silk creates a simple and low cost way of keeping them fresh even in hot climates
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‘Molecular cobra’ turns C-H to C=C
A reagent developed by US chemists can selectively introduce C=C double bonds into unactivated carbon chains
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Building nanographene by organic synthesis
Japanese chemists are looking to direct cross-coupling of C–H bonds to build graphene from the bottom up
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FeatureDyeing for a place in the sun
Can dye-sensitised solar cells compete with silicon and emerging alternatives? Phillip Broadwith investigates
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Flerovium and Livermorium take seats at the periodic table
Names for elements 114 and 116 ratified by Iupac
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NewsPhoto-finish for Olympicene
UK chemists have synthesised and imaged a molecule that closely resembles the Olympic rings
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Borosulfate breaks through
German chemists have created what they say is the first of a new kind of free borosulfate anion cluster