Analytical chemistry – Page 60
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NewsChinese drug makers accused of using ‘gutter oil’
Oil reclaimed from drains may have been used to make an antibiotic intermediate
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FeatureBig troubles over tiny bubbles
Conventional wisdom suggests that nanosized bubbles should barely exist at all, so their stability for hours or days has surprised many. Philip Ball takes a close look at these minute miracles
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Recovering chemical weapons
As stockpiles of chemical weapons are destroyed, the US looks to detecting and destroying buried munitions
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OpinionBlack crystal arts
The secret tricks needed to coax out crystals hark back to our alchemical past
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FeatureGuided by the light of a neutron candle
It is 80 years since James Chadwick discovered the neutral sub-atomic particle and 40 years since the Laue-Langevin Institute opened its doors. To celebrate, Philip Robinson visits the most intense neutron source in the world
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CareersAthletic analysis
Manisha Lalloo finds out how chemistry helps sports people listen to their bodies and perform at their best
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ReviewSanros: strategic applications of named reactions in organic synthesis
Chemistry on your iPhone
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OpinionProtecting the spirit of competition
Keeping sport clean requires a constant, concerted effort that carries on long after the race is run, says Michael Stow
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FeatureChemistry and the Olympics
Emma Davies looks into the vital role chemistry will play during the Olympic and Paralympic games
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NewsPhoto-finish for Olympicene
UK chemists have synthesised and imaged a molecule that closely resembles the Olympic rings
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NewsPlutonium in a spin
Japanese and US researchers have solved the decades-old problem of plutonium-239’s NMR spectrum
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Sniffing out explosives
Can science compete with the sensitivity of a sniffer dog’s nose? Emma Davies finds out
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Watching the double-slit experiment in real time
Researchers have repeated the double slit experiment at the heart of quantum mechanics with the largest molecules ever used
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ResearchMystery of green bacon solved
Scientists have used x-ray diffraction to determine the structure of the nitrite burn on bacon
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Genetic testing? We've got an app for that
A smartphone could be used as a wireless interface and data receiver for a genetic testing device