Analytical chemistry
The latest chemistry news and research on analytical chemistry, including spectroscopy, crystallography, forensics and imaging and microscopy, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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Research
Structural disorder key to high-capacitance carbon electrodes
Finding could lead to supercapacitors that store more charge
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Research
Microscopy structures reveal mechanism behind bitter taste
Cryo-EM images provide a detailed picture of bitter taste receptors
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Opinion
When the blood keeps on flowing
While warfarins can be lifesaving, superwarfarins are deadly – and not just to rodents
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Research
‘Low-VOC’ paints may still release harmful volatiles
New analysis finds volatile compounds and potential allergens in several popular water-based paints
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Opinion
Holes in the ‘holey graphyne’ story
The challenges – and importance – of questioning published results
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News
£124 million national electron microscope facility to be constructed in Cheshire
State-of-the-art facility will support researchers aiming to translate chemical understanding into new materials and products
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Research
Chemical analysis reveals origins of early English silver coins
Byzantine silver plates were melted down to make many of the first Anglo-Saxon coins
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Research
Using analytical chemistry to illuminate the unlisted ingredients in tattoo inks
Discovery that more than 80% of the tattoo inks sampled had unlisted ingredients prompts New York-based lab to launch a website providing chemical information to tattoo artists and their clients
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Research
Telling left from right: chirality detection faces up to its weaknesses
New solutions are being found to an enduring problem in chemistry
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Research
Why are there metal particles in never-used cannabis vapes?
Findings cast doubt on past research showing metals are solely released by e-cigarettes when the devices’ coils are heated
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Research
Lateral flow PFAS sensor could enable at-home water testing
New device offers fast and cheap way to monitor PFAS in drinking water
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News
Explainer: is the discovery of benzene in benzoyl peroxide acne products a cause for concern?
Lab testing claims that the carcinogen benzene forms at potentially dangerous levels but there are doubts about the research
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Webinar
Clean water innovations: Addressing global challenges
Join us on 30 April to learn how scientists are detecting and cleaning-up contaminated water supplies
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Research
Debate surrounding amorphous selenium’s structure rumbles on
New evidence suggests that amorphous selenium forms eight-membered rings, but some researchers believe the results are inconclusive
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Research
PFAS contamination in Mersey basin among highest in the world, study suggests
Only two watersheds globally have higher yields of PFOS and PFOA
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Feature
Marvellous mixtures of metals
High entropy alloys, with anywhere from five or more different metals, have unusual properties and could find use in a variety of high-tech applications. Clare Sansom reports
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News
Three new recreational drugs discovered in checks by Australian chemists
Analytical service uncovers novel psychoactive substances with no known safety data
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Research
Unusual bridging fluorine discovered in one-of-a-kind interhalogen ion
Similarity to MgAgAs crystal structure takes researchers by surprise
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Research
GPT-3 trained and tuned to predict molecular properties
A better understanding of Smiles helps GPT-3 recognise chemically relevant patterns