Analysis – Page 3
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Elemental analysis sheds light on Pompeii victims’ final moments
New evidence suggests asphyxiation caused the death of seven people in new study
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Neural network-generated odour map connects smells to their chemical structure
Researchers hope to be able to digitise odours to allow specific scents to be put together on demand
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Vlad the Impaler may have shed tears of blood
Protein analysis sheds light on the medieval ruler who may have inspired Dracula
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Reference electrode misuse sparks alarm among electrochemists
Inaccurate measurements caused by poor practice has meant that electrochemists are educating others on how to maintain accuracy when venturing into the world of electrocatalysis
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ChatGPT predicts synthesis conditions for MOFs
Accessible AI tool can assess multitude of protocols for making new porous materials
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Perovskite studies fall foul of ‘unconsciously inappropriate’ XPS analysis
Beware of misinterpreted chemical shifts and misquoted references
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86-year old Hammett equation gets a machine learning update
Algorithm opens the door to improved understanding of aromatic substituent effects
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First x-ray structure of radium compound gives glimpse of element’s coordination chemistry
Oak Ridge National Laboratory team determines the single crystal structure of a radium complex
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Anticounterfeiting secrets of Benjamin Franklin’s paper money revealed
Sophisticated analytical techniques brought to bear on US notes from the 18th century
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XRF reveals early drafts of ancient Egyptian art
Portable analytical equipment allows greater analysis of ancient artwork
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Crystal structure prediction tool a ‘significant and thought-provoking advance’
Algorithm needs just the chemical formula to find the ground state of a crystalline compound
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Van der Waals crust behind simple parameter that can describe chemical bonds
Penetration index provides a fresh perspective on two-atom interactions
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Ice crystallisation initiated by ultrafast laser pulses caught on camera
Technique will aid understanding of early stages of water freezing
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AI can suggest Covid-19 antivirals from protein sequence alone
IBM model can also find molecules that bind at different sites on target proteins
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Hand-built caesium-based ‘artificial atoms’ used to create ‘synthetic’ benzene
Manufactured atoms offer chemists chance to play ‘mind games’ with matter and change bond order of molecules
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Aromatic molecules in a galaxy far, far away
JWST IR observations suggest star formation was rapid and uneven in early galaxy
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Identifying single atoms with x-ray specificity
Combining synchrotron x-rays with scanning tunnelling microscopy gives atomic resolution
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Optical microscopy with Ångström resolution could revolutionise how we see life
Technique can distinguish between details that are just a few atoms apart
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New neural networks calculate catalysts’ adsorption energy ‘with lightning-fast speed’
AI has been used to overcome the problems of modelling massive molecules on metal surfaces, which could accelerate the design of efficient catalysts
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Nanoparticles poison single-atom cross coupling catalyst
In a classic heterogeneous palladium catalyst, less than 1% of metal does 99% of catalytic work