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ResearchPore-forming toxins detect long strands of DNA
Lithium electrolyte helps aerolysin overcome electrostatic obstacle to detect ssDNA longer than 100 nucleotides
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ResearchNew tools direct reactions at specific C–H bonds in organic molecules
Elegant catalysts offer quicker routes to complex compounds
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ResearchLiquid crystals shape up on demand
UV-cured liquid crystal polymers remember complex 3D structures and reversibly deform in response to temperature
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ResearchMetal-bound hydrogen atom with extreme NMR shift discovered
Hydrogen atom bound directly to iron detected at ultra-low shift by paramagnetic nuclear magnetic resonance for the first time
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ResearchCatalytically, is copper the new gold?
Approach for depositing copper on silica support influences how easily it oxidises, and in turn the reactions it catalyses
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ResearchNanoparticles assemble into first single-ingredient quasicrystal
Predicted a decade ago, the first one-component quasicrystal has been made from tetrahedral particles
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ResearchLongest silicon—silicon double bond has two-faced reactivity
First hypercoordinated disilene’s extra-long silicon–silicon double bond gives it ambivalent reactivity
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ResearchLiquid analysis simultaneously checks for 71 elements
Technique delivers elemental fingerprint of everything from water to wine in minutes
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ResearchNewest tetrel bond is five times stronger than its peers
First intermolecular three-centre four-electron bond could unravel fleeting intermediate’s nature
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ResearchBonding rethink called for as new metavalent bond proposed
Combination of elements in the metalloid region of periodic table produces a bond with both metallic and covalent characteristics
