All articles by Phillip Broadwith – Page 29
-
News
Nanotubes: bend me, shape me, anyway you want me
Capillary action can make a variety of curved and twisted shapes from carbon nanotube forests
-
News
Are you sure that structure is right?
A new computer program can tell how likely a chemical structure is to be right or pick the right isomer from a range of possibilities
-
News
Making waves for self-cleaning solar panels
A cheap modification can sweep away dust in minutes, no brushing required
-
News
Are nanotubes the future for radiotherapy?
Sealed up carbon nanotubes containing radioactive salts could be the ultimate in targeted radiotherapy, say researchers
-
News
Antibiotic nanoparticles go for gold
Chemists develop antimicrobial gold nanoparticles in a simple, one step synthesis using a common antibiotic
-
News
Nanowire-tapping cells
Nanoscale electronic probes that can enter cells without damaging them have been made by US scientists
-
-
-
News
Full steam ahead for Iter
Iter, the international nuclear fusion project, has secured European funding, but its new director will be keeping tight hold of the purse strings
-
News
Magnetic foam bends and stretches
Researchers make magnetic foams and flexible magnetic gel sheets using a cellulose scaffold and magnetic nanoparticles
-
News
Bubble powered microengines push forward
Enzyme-powered engines pack in the power with peroxide munching microjets
-
News
Predicting nanoparticle toxicity
A theoretical model could predict which materials will make more or less harmful nanomaterials
-
News
Designing porous patterns
Understanding how molecules behave at the solid-liquid interface has allowed chemists to create useful porous patterns on surfaces
-
News
Flattening carbon
UK researchers have managed to synthesise a molecule with an almost planar four-coordinate carbon atom
-
News
Too many chiefs, not enough indians?
Researchers call for a more stable career path for those who want to stay at the bench
-
Opinion
Oinking and squawking
There's been lot of oinking and squawking over recent scares about swine flu and bird flu
-
News
Molecular machines shift into gear
Japanese scientists have created a set of molecular gears that can be chemically engaged and disengaged
-
News
A green and salty chiral catalyst
Ammonium salt based hypervalent iodine catalyst boosts efficiency and reduces waste
-
News
Pain target enzyme's working made crystal clear
X-ray structure of cannabinoid-regulating enzyme confirms computational predictions of drug binding and clarifies its mechanism of action