All Atoms and bonds articles – Page 56
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PodcastBoron nitride
Brian Clegg explains how the versatile compound boron nitride may be ‘the best kept secret in all of chemistry’
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FeatureCrystal clear
With the international year of crystallography upon us, Clare Sansom celebrates this important discipline
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OpinionA century of isotopes
Once appalled by the military use of his discoveries, Frederick Soddy would pleased by his legacy today, says Mark Peplow
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PodcastPotassium bromide
Did chemistry help control tension in the trenches? Brian Clegg investigates potassium bromide
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ResearchExotic interactions uncovered in actinide systems
First experimental evidence of phi interactions in an organoactinide complex
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ReviewA close look at microscopy
Elisabeth Jeffries zooms in on scanning probe microscopy and other techniques
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OpinionCrystallography 101
Philip Ball reflects on a century of progress in the science of structure
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FeatureA matter of solvation
The processes underpinning how solvent and solutes molecules interact are fundamental, but still mysterious. Philip Ball investigates
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OpinionA self-assembled periodic table
Philip Ball unpacks the instructions for a new periodic table
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OpinionChange: the only constant
Jim Al-Khalili discusses the risks involved in switching to a new area of research and invites chemists to take a quantum biology leap
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PodcastPhosphoric Acid
Lars Öhrström on phosphoric acid: Crucial for crops and DNA’s backbone, it’s the energy currency of the biological world