All articles by Simon Hadlington – Page 10
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Mars is the planet that never grew up
Arrested development accounts for the bafflingly small size of Mars: meteorite isotope records show it never grew up
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Coin isotopes unravel ancient inflation riddle
Isotope analysis of silver coins sheds important light on economic inflation in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries
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Homing in on a cheaper Haber-Bosch process
Chemists are on the trail of an energy-efficient alternative to the Haber-Bosch process using a ruthenium catalyst
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Superconducting sandwich created with non-superconductors
A superconducting layer can be formed between two materials that are not superconductors, Japanese scientists discover
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Rocket fuel goes green with ionic liquids
Researchers create 'densified hydrogen' in the form of an ionic liquid which may make more environmentally-friendly rocket fuel
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Revolutionary new single-cell labelling method
Mass spectrometry coupled with flow cytometry enables researchers to gain unprecedented information on single cells
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New method for aromatic coupling
The Friedel-Crafts reaction can now be used to couple two aromatic sites using clever silane chemistry
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Putting the cement industry in the calcium loop
Capturing carbon from power station emissions could usefully be tied in with cement manufacture, researchers show
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Cell factories package drugs for delivery
Drugs and other molecules can be encapsulated in cell membranes to form particles that evade the body's defences
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Molecular can reach millikelvin
A new high-performance molecular cooler capable of reaching ultra-low temperatures based on CuGd metallic clusters
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Precursor boost for uranium chemistry
A straightforward new way to make uranium halides opens the door to a lot more uranium chemistry say US researchers
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New synthesis for chiral anticancer compound
The promising anticancer compound nutlin-3 will be more widely available thanks to a straightforward new synthesis
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Amino acids flag risk of diabetes
A simple blood test could help predict diabetes risk years before onset of the disease
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Chemical mystery of antifungal compound solved
Researchers uncover how amphotericin B interacts with sterols in cell membranes to form ion channels that kill yeast cells
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Radical dimers held together in molecular flask
Tetrathiafulvalene radicals, which would normally repel each other, have been studied while in close proximity thanks to a supporting structure
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Polymer coat helps nanoparticles penetrate mucus
Coating enables efficient drug delivery directly to tissues like the lungs
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First purely organic phosphor
The design of a new type of phosphorescent materials from purely organic materials could open the way to a new generation of light-emitting systems
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Binning battery recycling
The UK has seen a jump in battery recycling - but could advances in portable power technology eventually make it a thing of the past?
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Nanotubes protect brain tissue from stroke damage
Functionalised carbon nanotubes can protect brain from damage caused by stroke according to researchers in Korea
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Novel route to key aromatics
Iridium catalyst can induce straight-chain hydrocarbons to form aromatic rings in a more selective and chemically subtle way than conventional routes