Physical chemistry – Page 35
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ResearchAlloy takes on improbable 'negative pressure' structure
New route to create materials almost impossible to make normally
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OpinionWhy you should care about Fair data
The benefits of findable, accessible, interoperable and re-useable information
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Research73 new exotic nuclei discovered at Japanese institute
Hunt for remaining 4000 predicted nuclides goes on but new technology is needed to find them all
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ResearchAnionic aluminium turns textbook knowledge on its head
First stable nucleophilic aluminium(I) compound offers new way to make aluminium–carbon bonds
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ResearchHundreds of helium compounds could be hiding in Earth’s mantle
Although it doesn’t form any bonds, the noble gas can form compounds with salts at high pressure
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ResearchTwo atom reaction smallest chemistry experiment ever performed
Exquisite manipulation of a single sodium and caesium atom could herald start of an era of total control over chemistry
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ResearchScientists rethink cloud ice formation
Ice nucleation investigation hastens paradigm shift on important atmospheric process
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ResearchIntroducing gallaarsene, the first of its kind
Molecule features rare gallium–arsenic double bond
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ResearchNew AFM tip reopens hydrogen bond imaging debate
Putting rigid copper oxide on probe prevents artefacts – but what is it actually measuring?
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ResearchA way to visualise valence electrons
Simulations suggest an existing technique could be used to track the movement of electrons during a reaction
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ResearchMolecular cages could uncover element 114’s true chemical nature
Flerovium-capturing sulfur cages could finally reveal where in the periodic table the superheavy element belongs
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FeatureGo with the fold
From a seemingly impossible problem a few years ago, some researchers think that predicting the folded structures of protein could be solved pretty soon. James Mitchell Crow reports
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OpinionWill robots make you redundant?
Smart machines could soon outpace even the best organic chemist
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ResearchQuantum computing can go chemical with molecular qubits
Metal–organic frameworks could perform calculations to simulate molecules
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ResearchLongest carbon–carbon bond yet pushes chemistry to its limits
Steric strain creates bond longer than theory thought possible
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ResearchSimulations solve 200-year-old ionic mystery of water
Puzzle of why hydronium ions diffuse quicker than hydroxide ions cleared up
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ArticleWhy biocatalysis is so on trend
Biocatalysis has come a long way from just beer – there’s an enzyme for nearly everything
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ResearchEvidence mounts that water has two liquid forms
Supercooled solution reveals phase transition at -80°C
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ResearchMolecules’ vibrations linger longer than thought
Surface chemistry could be guided by vibrations that go on for orders of magnitude longer than previously reported