Atoms and bonds
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OpinionForcing fluorines into shape
Sometimes unnatural molecules can be more challenging to synthesise than natural metabolites
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ResearchSmallest antiaromatic molecule synthesised
Singlet cyclopentadienyl zwitterion is the first genuine example of a small antiaromatic molecule
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ResearchDNA robot sorts out molecular mess
Machine moves around, picks up and drops off individual molecules
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ResearchHydrogens caught tunnelling in tandem
Researchers capture images of concerted quantum tunnelling
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ResearchHunt for element 119 to begin this year
Japan and the US team up to start the next row of the periodic table
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ResearchLet single crystals do the heavy lifting
Move over ants! There’s a new, smaller, weight lifting sensation in town
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ResearchInterlocked molecules encircle stable radicals
Catenane radicals with up to seven oxidation states might one day be used in memory devices
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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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ResearchTentative claims for new metallic hydrogen phase
New results point to four or more solid forms of hydrogen
