Atoms and bonds – Page 14
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ResearchSnake extract used to speed up haemostasis in new bioadhesive
Hydrogel-based bioadhesive could be suitable for arterial injuries
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ResearchNewly discovered marine compound is in a super-carbon-chain league of its own
Isolated from algae, Benthol A has 35 stereocentres
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ResearchMolecular light switch speeds up tricky cyclodextrin synthesis
Reaction could lower cost of useful macrocycle
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ResearchTentacled droplets swim with stored heat energy
Microdroplets with retractable tendrils could help researchers understand how bacteria move
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ResearchFirst nanocluster that’s a superatom inside a superatom
Heterometal doping strategy used to make an unusual structure where one superatom is contained inside another
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ResearchChemists control reaction path with mechanical force
Mechanochemical mechanism exploited to access unconventional trajectories on a reaction’s potential energy surface
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ResearchTiniest Turing patterns found in atomically thin bismuth
Nanoscale stripes and networks that resemble animal markings could be used to make quantum wires
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ResearchInvisible graphene veil protects paintings from fading
Thin layers of graphene could prevent up to 70% of light-induced colour fading
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ResearchExperimental observations of bubbles containing multiple electrons
Bubbles in liquid helium containing multiple electrons could be used to develop quantum simulators
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ResearchChemists reconsider C–H and C–C bond length rationale
Quantitative proof for steric repulsion theory
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ResearchGold double helix assembles with DNA-like precision
DNA construction principles create first ever double-helical gold nanocluster assembly
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ResearchBest sighting yet of exotic crystals composed entirely of electrons
2D materials used to stabilise Wigner crystals
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ResearchComputational technique brings protein images into focus
Localisation algorithm breaks AFM resolution limits
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ResearchMolecular machines talk to living cells for the first time
Artificial molecular motors gently pull on cells’ membrane receptors to trigger a biochemical response
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ResearchOrigin of mysterious alpha effect in nucleophilic substitution reactions unveiled
Alpha nucleophiles’ ability to get close to electrophiles – rather than their intramolecular lone pair repulsion – gives them unusual reactivity
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ResearchFun with f-elements
Working with lanthanides and actinides may be challenging, but David Mills says the field is ripe for discovery
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ResearchScientists uncover pitfalls of letting algorithms determine crystal structures
Chemists warn not to blindly trust x-ray crystallography software after finding and correcting mistakes in iodine azide structures
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ResearchMore metallomimetic chemistry from boron
One boron atom bonds like a transition metal in two different ways
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ResearchIodine revealed to be killer species that destroys tin-based perovskites
New insights into the mechanism that inactivates tin solar cells could lead to greener, more efficient devices
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ResearchAnti-electrostatic halogen bonding shown in solution for the first time
UV-vis spectroscopy and computational analysis explore nature of counterintuitive anionic interaction