All articles by Andy Extance – Page 16
-
ResearchGood vibrations brighten superconductor outlook
By coupling to phonons in their selenium titanate substrate’s lattice, electrons in iron selenide become superconductive below 65K
-
ResearchHydrogen bond pictures come under close scrutiny
For atomic force microscopy images claiming to show intermolecular interactions, appearances may be deceiving
-
ResearchAcid choice flips enantioselectivity
Changing proton source in asymmetric decarboxylation unexpectedly delivers opposite configuration
-
Business
Agilent to exit NMR
Closure of loss-making ex-Varian business gives users investment dilemma
-
ResearchFluorescent DNA becomes versatile metal detector
Colour changes of oligodeoxyfluorosides produces unique ‘fingerprints’ to distinguish up to 57 different metals
-
ResearchTea tonic peps up tumour treatment
Green tea polyphenol makes ‘magic bullet’ cancer drug delivery even more powerful
-
ResearchTiny tips reveal cells’ chemical secrets
Penetrating microprobe enables rapid mass spectrometry of single cells’ contents
-
FeaturePepping up antibiotics
Industry and academia are turning to antimicrobial peptides to find new antibiotics, Andy Extance discovers
-
BusinessBayer to sever polymer arm
German chemical giant’s exit from the materials world will help fund its crop and healthcare ambitions
-
Research‘Assembly line’ sculpts carbon chains
Precise addition of methyl group-bearing links is set to improve molecular shape control
-
NewsEnvironmental priorities stymie hunt for stubborn ozone depleter
Scientists are struggling for resources to explain why carbon tetrachloride levels in the air are higher than expected
-
ResearchNo-frills coats set a trend for designer viruses
An artificial protein that self-assembles around and protects DNA could be ideal for gene therapy, nanomachines and synthetic biology
-
FeatureThe power of perovskites
Andy Extance finds out how the efficiency of perovskite solar cells has risen so quickly
-
ResearchPhoton pinball identifies chemicals from afar
Samples turned into random Raman lasers beam their secrets from over a kilometre away
-
ResearchLow-emission ammonia offers food and climate solution
Electrolytic approach eliminates CO2 emissions and cuts energy consumption by a third
-
NewsNext Mars rover will make oxygen from CO2
Mars 2020 will set Nasa’s space exploration on a self-sufficiency course
-
ResearchTuring patterns show their hand in finger formation
After 62 years, scientists clinch the identification of molecules that confirm codebreaker’s ideas in a different ‘digital’ area
-
BusinessTakeover battle pushes Allergan to cut R&D jobs
Besieged by serially acquisitive Valeant, the Botox maker will lay off 1500 staff to propel earnings growth
-
ResearchBubble wrap could send lab costs packing
Potential bubbles up across wide range of uses as storage and test vessels, especially for poor countries
-
ResearchLinguistic statistics enable synthetic prophetics
A metric more commonly used by search engines to analyse language can now power organic chemistry retrosyntheses