All articles by Phillip Broadwith – Page 29
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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
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Magnetic foam bends and stretches
Researchers make magnetic foams and flexible magnetic gel sheets using a cellulose scaffold and magnetic nanoparticles
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Bubble powered microengines push forward
Enzyme-powered engines pack in the power with peroxide munching microjets
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Predicting nanoparticle toxicity
A theoretical model could predict which materials will make more or less harmful nanomaterials
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Designing porous patterns
Understanding how molecules behave at the solid-liquid interface has allowed chemists to create useful porous patterns on surfaces
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Flattening carbon
UK researchers have managed to synthesise a molecule with an almost planar four-coordinate carbon atom
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Too many chiefs, not enough indians?
Researchers call for a more stable career path for those who want to stay at the bench
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Oinking and squawking
There's been lot of oinking and squawking over recent scares about swine flu and bird flu
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Molecular machines shift into gear
Japanese scientists have created a set of molecular gears that can be chemically engaged and disengaged
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A green and salty chiral catalyst
Ammonium salt based hypervalent iodine catalyst boosts efficiency and reduces waste
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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
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Powerful pocket sized NMR magnets
Arrays of mini magnet chunks can be manipulated to make strong and sensitive magnets for nuclear magnetic resonance
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Tying up spider silk's loose ends
The way spider silk proteins can be stored as a fluid but spun instantly into fibres is all down to their end parts, research suggests
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Iron catalyst breaks the mould
Iron carbenoids with a rigid chiral ligand promise a new breed of cheap, green catalysts
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Nanoholes promise solar power
Silicon solar cells with arrays of nano-sized holes could outperform their nanowire-based rivals
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Catalyst challenges microbes' supremacy
A zeolite that converts sugars into lactate esters could overcome problems of bacterial fermentation
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Frosty asteroid surprises astronomers
Ice on 24 Themis points to asteroids as a possible source of some of Earth's water