All articles by Simon Hadlington – Page 11
-
News
Vodka taste test tiff
The idea that the perception of vodka could be influenced by molecular structures within the beverage has been challenged and defended
-
News
Mystery of diamond polishing solved?
Researchers use molecular dynamics to come up with an atomic-level explanation for how diamond is polished
-
News
Novel green separation system
Canadian chemists serendipitously discover a new chromatography separation system that uses only carbon dioxide and water
-
News
Nanowire fuel cell for biological power
A tiny fuel cell that can generate electricity from biological fluids could act as a power source for miniature sensors in living tissue
-
Feature
Carbon couplers take the prize
Three giants of organic chemistry, who pioneered palladium-catalysed cross coupling reactions, have shared this year's Nobel prize. Simon Hadlington catches up with them
-
News
Playing games with enzymes
A new biological computer consisting of a solution of enzymes shows that assemblies of molecules can be programmed to adapt to a range of stimuli
-
News
New light shed on 'photothermal' cell death
Laser-activated metal nanoparticles kill cells without heating, opening the possibility of a precision 'nanoscalpel' for surgery on subcellular structures
-
News
Trio share Nobel for palladium-catalysed cross-coupling
Chemistry Nobel prize goes to pioneering research into palladium-catalysed cross coupling, now ubiquitous in organic synthesis
-
News
One dimensional carbon chains get longer
Chemists have made the longest polyyne so far - linear chains of carbon atoms that resemble carbyne, an elusive form of one-dimensional carbon
-
News
Artificial skin gets touchy
Artificial skin with a sense of touch could be on the horizon for robots or prosthetic hands thanks to new research into flexible, pressure sensitive surfaces
-
News
Isotope effect seen on single molecule
Membrane-based nanoreactor can measure reaction rates at the level of single molecules and the effect of isotopic atoms
-
News
Water vapour sheds light on stellar chemistry
Water vapour has been detected in the dust cloud of a carbon-rich star, suggesting previously unrecognised photochemistry could be taking place
-
Feature
Repulsive chemistry
Simon Hadlington discovers why some people get bitten by more insects than others, and how new chemical deterrents are helping fight them off
-
News
A self-optimising microreactor system
Automated system for optimising reaction conditions in a microreactor will be a boon to chemists, saving on time and reagents, say US researchers
-
News
A MOF you can scoff
Researchers stumble upon a new type of metal organic framework made from edible natural products
-
News
Non-metal-catalysed C-C coupling
Chemists in China couple aromatic molecules with an organocatalyst and no transition metal
-
News
Light-rechargeable batteries
Chemists develop new molecular system that can both generate and store charge by light
-
News
Nitrogenase to be a two-trick pony
A nitrogen-fixing enzyme has shocked scientists by being able to use carbon monoxide as a substrate to make a range of carbon-based products
-
News
Synthetic enzyme catalyses Diels-Alder reaction
US researchers create an artificial enzyme that can catalyse a reaction that, as far as we know, nature does not carry out
-
News
Elusive terminal uranium nitride found
Researchers in the US have discovered a new way to create the elusive discrete form of uranium nitride