Physical chemistry – Page 42
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ResearchLinguistic statistics enable synthetic prophetics
A metric more commonly used by search engines to analyse language can now power organic chemistry retrosyntheses
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PodcastTributyltin
Helen Scales investigates tributyltin, banned from use as anti-fouling paint for causing ‘imposex’ in marine life
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ResearchMolecular clocks may probe fundamental laws
Clocks based on the simplest molecule could weigh in on proton’s mass
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ResearchChemistry gets strange at water’s surface
Theoretical study suggests that ions with the same charge might actually become attracted to each other at an interface
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ResearchDiamond set to sparkle for nanoelectronics
Straightforward etching of sub-100nm structures onto diamond overcomes problems with defects
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ResearchBlurred bonds rationalised by heavy atom tunnelling
Computational study raises philosophical questions about what chemists mean by molecular structure
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OpinionThe wisdom of clouds
Kai Kohlhoff discusses the promise and pitfalls of doing science with distributed computing
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CareersChemistry in close-up
Nina Notman talks to IBM’s atomic manipulation group, and the scientists who snapped the first molecular mug shots
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FeatureWhat is a bond?
There’s more to bonding than covalent, ionic and the lines we draw between atoms on paper. Philip Ball takes on the expanding list of chemical connections
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OpinionA century of isotopes
Once appalled by the military use of his discoveries, Frederick Soddy would pleased by his legacy today, says Mark Peplow
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FeatureModels of success
The 2013 Nobel prize in chemistry was for combining quantum and classical mechanics, as Emma Stoye discovers
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ResearchBall lightning captured in the lab
Scientists hope that prolonging the lifetime of glowing orbs of plasma will help them understand this mysterious and rare natural phenomenon
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FeatureA matter of solvation
The processes underpinning how solvent and solutes molecules interact are fundamental, but still mysterious. Philip Ball investigates