All articles by Phillip Broadwith – Page 29
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Ionic polymers open door to greener, safer explosives
Metal hydrazine chains could replace toxic lead and mercury salts
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Amino acid residues give away bloodstain's age
Scene of crime scientists might one day be able to use protein fluorescence to determine how old bloodstains are
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NewsWhat does it take to improve laboratory safety?
With criminal charges brought over the death of a UCLA student, US labs are looking at ways to improve safety
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Rewriting the rules for polar molecules
A molecule containing two atoms of the same element can have a permanent electric dipole, say US scientists, contradicting the traditional view of molecular polarity.
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Creating a toolbox for nanoparticle synthesis
US nanotechnologists seek to copy organic chemists and build a total synthesis framework for hybrid nanoparticles
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World's smallest remote control car debuts
A single molecule nanocar powered by electrical impulses has been put together by Dutch scientists
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Reaching out
The explosion is the doyenne of chemical demonstrations, but is the web taking over as a tool for researchers to enthuse the public about chemistry? Phillip Broadwith investigates
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Chemists put finger on the trigger to attack cancer
Prodrug uses a boronate to spot cancer cells' oxidative environment and then gases them with nitrogen mustard
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NewsDo carbyne radicals really exist in aqueous solution?
Chemists in Israel have proposed that super-reactive carbon radicals with three unpaired electrons can survive in water
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Pee-powered fuel cell turns urine to energy
Urine could be processed into power and fertiliser by bacterial biofilms
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Watching the dance of electrons in reactions
Researchers have taken a series of snapshots to watch how electrons rearrange during a photochemical reaction
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Growing gallium nitride LEDs on glass
A technique that grows gallium nitride crystals on glass could cut the cost of making LEDs
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Possible origin of chirality in the RNA world
Chemistry and physics join forces to make single-handed RNA precursors from nearly racemic starting materials
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Protein synthesis hijacked to turn out cyclic peptides
A new technique that can make libraries of cyclic peptides will enable researchers to probe their therapeutic benefits
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PodcastNitric oxide
Phillip Broadwith investigates the simplest of the nitrogen oxides – and Science magazine's 'Molecule of the year' in 1992 – nitric oxide.
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PodcastPutrescine
'What does death smell of?' Phillip Broadwith answers this question and more as he investigates this week's compound - Putrescine
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Speeding up electrons in solar cells
Self assembling nanowire electrodes for dye-sensitised solar cells transport electrons faster
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Nanodiamond encrusted bones
Tiny nanodiamonds could be used to reinforce biodegradable polymers used in surgical screws that dissolve once their purpose is served
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