Crystallography – Page 5
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FeatureThe Middle East’s synchrotron is open Sesame
How difficult is it to build a world-class research facility in the Middle East? Kit Chapman investigates
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FeatureUncovering how the spliceosome makes the cut
Clare Sansom looks at the complex world of the spliceosome, a molecular machine in all our cells
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ResearchSodium ethoxide crystal structure solved after 180 years
Analysis of reagent commonly used in Claisen condensations and malonic ester synthesis
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ResearchTextbook structure rules formulated by Linus Pauling 90 years ago prove unreliable
Just 13% of 5000 oxides found to fulfil all five coordination geometry predictions
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ResearchReally random numbers created from crystals
Robot that monitors crystallization could lead to new ways to study stochastic processes in chemistry
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ResearchHigh-purity cubic phase offers new insight into ice physics
Cubic ice without stacking defects could help improve understanding of ice polymorphism
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ResearchYo-yo crystals are a new, rare kind of chiral porous material
Highly unusual structures possess chirality on molecular and macroscopic scales
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OpinionEllie Knaggs and tetrahedral carbon
Ellie Knaggs’ claim to be the first to use x-rays to prove carbon’s tetrahedral bonding in molecules has been overlooked, finds Andy Extance
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ResearchSemiconductive properties see subvalent silver oxide contravene textbook rules
Extreme synthetic conditions create material with a seemingly implausible electron count
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CareersStructuring a crystallographic database
Matt Lightfoot on navigating a career around the Cambridge Structural Database
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ResearchNew setup enables EPR studies on tiny protein crystals
Experiments that normally takes five hours can now be done in just eight minutes
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OpinionHas x-ray had its day?
Will the giant of structure determination be toppled by blasts from electron beams?
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OpinionKathleen Lonsdale’s crystallography tables
No princes were needed on the quest for structure factors
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OpinionDo you know about C–H‧‧‧O?
The C–H‧‧‧O hydrogen bond controversy has long been resolved – we should tell our students
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FeatureThe forgotten female crystallographer who discovered C–H⋯O bonds
Andy Extance tells the overlooked story of crystallographer June Sutor, whose C–H⋯O bonding hypothesis was unjustly suppressed
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ResearchFirst 4D look at crystallising atoms contradicts textbook nucleation theory
Tracking individual atoms over time in a solid-to-solid phase puts another nail in classical nucleation theory’s coffin
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NewsThe Cambridge Structural Database hits one million structures
Warning! Contains extreme crystallography
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ResearchCurious colours expose f-electron covalency effects
New knowledge overwrites electronic structure assumptions surrounding actinide complexes
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OpinionThe price of a failed experiment
Research is not straightforward, but its ups and downs will teach you a lot
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ResearchMagnets on hand for separating chiral crystals
Enantiomers crystallise individually at opposite magnetic poles, driven by interactions with electron spin