All articles by Phillip Broadwith – Page 30
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A barrel load of compounds
As the world's petroleum supply dries up, Phillip Broadwith goes hunting for oil armed with a mass spectrometer, a chromatography column and state-of-the-art data-mining software
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Rousing sleeping sickness research
An orally available drug for African sleeping sickness is on the horizon, say UK scientists
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Ferroelectrics without the twist
Hopping hydrogens set the stage for a new generation of organic molecular ferroelectrics
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Silicon goes aromatic
An analogue of benzene made from Si atoms reveals a new kind of aromaticity
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Cracking carbon-carbon bonds
US chemists discover a tungsten complex that can break a strong carbon-carbon bond in an aromatic ring
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Lords call for clarity over nanotech in food
Report urges research into safety of nanomaterials and criticises food industry for lack of transparency
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Enzymes do the twist
The way enzyme catalysts bind molecules to speed up their reactions is not as simple as once thought, say chemists from the UK and Spain
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Opening the gate for molecular electronics
Proof that tweaking molecular orbital energies regulate can control single molecule transistors
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Solving fibril formation
Researchers solve the equations governing the self-assembly of fibrils, such as beta-amyloid in Alzheimer's disease
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Enzyme binds both sides of the mirror
Bacterial enzyme found to bind both enantiomers of a chiral molecule simultaneously
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Acid solution for nanotube fibres
Carbon nanotubes can be dissolved in chlorosulfonic acid for easy processing
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Two metals are better than one
Zinc and alkali metals team up to metallate THF without breaking open the ring
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FeatureBiology's Nobel molecule factory
Three scientists who revealed the structure and workings of the ribosome have shared the 2009 Nobel prize in chemistry. Phillip Broadwith unravels the story
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Methane all bound up
US researchers achieve stable, long-lived sigma-methane complex without breaking the C-H bonds
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New catalyst converts waste CO2 to useful molecules
UK scientists develop super-efficient catalyst to convert waste CO2 from power stations into useful cyclic carbonates
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Microwave effect ruled out
Microwave-blocking reaction vials rule out special microwave effects for most simple reactions
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Champagne's aromatic chemistry
Bubbles erupting from the surface of sparkling wines carry a complex mixture of flavour molecules into the air above the glass
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Carbon can't but tin can
US researchers have found that two molecules of ethene can add to tin triple bonds