Analysis – Page 24
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ResearchComputer reconstruction gives microscopy 100-fold precision boost
Confocal microscopy enhancement costing just a few dollars per image could be applied to all imaging
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ResearchBright future for trace water analysis
MOF-based material has detection limit as low as traditional Karl Fischer titration
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ResearchChemists reinvent the wheel
Symmetrical gold and niobium cluster with unusually short Nb–Nb bond
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ResearchEquation to end bond order contention
Comprehensive equation derives bond orders from quantum chemistry calculations
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ResearchSynthetic receptor spots amphetamines speedily
Portable drug-detection device can send results directly to a smartphone
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ResearchCrystallising new concepts not once, but twice
From supramolecular synthons to weak hydrogen bonds, Gautam Desiraju’s research has impacted several areas of chemistry
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ResearchTitanium oxide detected in hot atmosphere of giant exoplanet
Very Large Telescope used to observe light from a very large planet
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ResearchHydrogens caught tunnelling in tandem
Researchers capture images of concerted quantum tunnelling
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ResearchPutting a new spin on things
In the next part of our future of chemistry series we look at how diamond defects could transform everything from NMR to fighting cancer
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ResearchSmog eating paint does more harm than good
Photocatalytic paints for reducing air pollution may actually do the opposite
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ResearchHydrogen bonded system faces strength test
New tool can measure noncovalent interaction under non-equilibrium, near-physiological conditions
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ResearchAn absolute acidity scale for solvents
Comprehensive solvent acidity scale could help make acid-catalysed reactions more reliable and reproducible
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ResearchGolden touch to detect ultra-small quantities of DNA
New method uses gold nanoprobes to overcome the problems of PCR detecting small nucleic acids
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ResearchCrystalline copper compound gets knotted
Crystals as flexible as nylon could open door to new uses in wearable electronics
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ResearchAlgorithm modelled on Google’s AlphaGo beats chemists at their own game
Organic chemists prefer routes plotted by software to those of other chemists
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ResearchCoffee-ring patterns offer clues to tap water quality
Unique pattern of an evaporating droplet can be used as a fingerprint for water samples
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ResearchMicrowaving black phosphorus reveals novel properties
Electromagnetic studies offer new potential uses for this elusive allotrope