Physical chemistry – Page 27
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ResearchLiquid analysis simultaneously checks for 71 elements
Technique delivers elemental fingerprint of everything from water to wine in minutes
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ResearchNewest tetrel bond is five times stronger than its peers
First intermolecular three-centre four-electron bond could unravel fleeting intermediate’s nature
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ResearchBonding rethink called for as new metavalent bond proposed
Combination of elements in the metalloid region of periodic table produces a bond with both metallic and covalent characteristics
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ResearchDispute over reaction prediction puts machine learning’s pitfalls in spotlight
Two research teams’ argument over a reaction-predicting algorithm show that there is still a lot to understand when applying machine learning to chemistry
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ReviewHello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
Mathematician Hannah Fry explores the power and limitations of the algorithms that surround us
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ResearchCatalyst predictor shows drug manufacturing promise
Joint industrial–academic team develops and validates force-field tool for identifying ligands for enantioselective catalysis
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ResearchWorld record for longest carbon–carbon bond broken
Carborane bond surpasses previous longest bond after just nine months in the top spot
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ResearchMasses of superheavy elements nihonium and moscovium measured
First direct measurement made by US team
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ResearchRobotic organic synthesis to make reproducibility simple in chemistry
Chemputer claims universality after making three drugs without human intervention
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ResearchSurface chemistry for biological questions
Rasmita Raval discusses her career exploring the complex behaviour of molecule–surface systems and what it has to do with antibiotic resistance and the origin of life
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ResearchGold melted at room temperature using electric fields
Controllable change from crystalline to disordered in a tiny cone tip might help chemical catalysis
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ResearchMolecular decoration determines origin of MOF acidity
Analytical combo used to pinpoint strong Brønsted acid site in promising next-generation solid acid catalyst
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NewsRules for element discovery get superheavy revamp
Chemistry and physics federations also define what counts as a ‘beyond superheavy element’
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ResearchHydrogen sulfide surprises as it's discovered to have hydrogen bonds
Nobel laureate Linus Pauling was wrong – H2S does form hydrogen bonds after all
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ResearchOil boosts battery shelf life by supressing corrosion
Off-grid storage in remote locations could benefit from concept that cuts self-discharge in aluminium–air batteries
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ResearchDiet approach to DFT benchmarking
Self-confessed grumpy physicist calls on developers to stop focusing on molecules and start thinking about solids
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ResearchElectron still spherical despite efforts to prove otherwise
Despite increasingly sensitive measurements, the electron has no dipole moment that would hint at exotic new particles
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ResearchMolecular archery allows chemists to see how bonds form
Scientists shoot the world’s smallest projectiles – individual molecules – and use them to study how reactions happen