All articles by Simon Hadlington – Page 18
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Molecular sponges mop up carbon dioxide
US researchers have made zeolite-like materials using a new technique that speedily screens thousands of compounds
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Clothes power up thanks to nanowires
Nanowire-coated thread could be spun into clothes capable of powering a mobile phone or iPod
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Crystal shows colossal expansion
Silver hexacyanocobaltate gets shorter and fatter than any other material on heating
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Better detection of DNA synthesis
US researchers use click chemistry to measure cell proliferation
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Catalysis probed with MRI
A new technique can see gas reactions as they happen inside microreactors
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Proton joins elite club of cellular messengers
First signalling molecule to be found in 20 years may have role in the brain
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Key plank of theoretical chemistry rescued
'Beautiful' study could dispel doubts over the validity of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation
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Snapshot of proteins linked to autism
Researchers have unveiled the structure of a key protein complex implicated in brain disorders such as autism
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Blow to hopes for life on Mars
Organic molecules found on the Red Planet could have chemical - not biological - origins
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Iron oxide succumbs to the gentle touch
Chemists have made a new compound by reducing strontium iron oxide at low temperature
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Researchers crack mystery of diamond's conductivity
Surface film electrochemistry responsible for making diamond electrically conductive
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Polymer chemists see double
Canadian chemists synthesise novel co-ordination polymers with remarkable birefringence
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Coupled enzymes may spawn new catalysts
UK researchers couple redox enzymes on a conducting graphite fragment
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Breast is best for IQ - if your genes say so
Gene for fatty acid metabolism linked to the beneficial effects of breast milk on IQ
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Shaking up nanofriction
The vibrational frequency of surface atoms is key to friction at the nanoscale
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Forging ahead of the counterfeiters
Raman and infrared spectroscopy used to spot fake malaria tablets
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Solving an ancient puzzle
Analytical chemistry is revolutionising archaeological study - as well as igniting some controversy
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Nanoparticle reveals sulphur's Midas touch
Scientists have peered inside a gold nanoparticle, answering key questions about the mysterious Au-S bond
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Scientists uncover how last ice age ended
The big melt that led to the end of the last ice age could have started in the Antarctic