All articles by James Mitchell Crow – Page 2
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FeatureCan smart biomaterials deliver?
James Mitchell Crow explores the next generation of therapeutic biomaterials, which aim to interact dynamically with the body and help to control diabetes and heal wounds
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FeatureHydrogen storage gets real
As production costs fall and demand is poised to rocket, James Mitchell Crow finds the hydrogen economy is finally ready for take-off – as long as we can find ways to store it
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FeatureThere’s something about boron
Boron’s chemistry is as much defined by what it isn’t – carbon, or a metal – as by what it is. Recent years have started to fix this misconception, as James Mitchell Crow reports
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FeaturePerovskites beyond solar cells
From solar cells and LEDs to catalysts and quantum computing, James Mitchell Crow asks if there is anything perovskites can’t do
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FeatureThe nuclear option
Using radioisotopes to image inside patients’ bodies – nuclear medicine – is under threat from ageing reactors. James Mitchell Crow discovers the new science trying to fix the problem
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Feature150 years of helium
Humanity took a long time to notice the second most common chemical element in the universe, James Mitchell Crow notes. Today we would struggle to do without it
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FeatureUnderstanding Alzheimer’s
After hundreds of failed drug candidates, James Mitchell Crow asks if this is the last roll of the dice for the amyloid theory of Alzheimer’s disease
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FeatureGo with the fold
From a seemingly impossible problem a few years ago, some researchers think that predicting the folded structures of protein could be solved pretty soon. James Mitchell Crow reports
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FeatureCO2 recycling – an uphill struggle
James Mitchell Crow explains how chemists are turning a problematic greenhouse gas into commercially useful molecules, at industrial scale
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FeaturePhotoredox: charge of the LED brigade
Forget fluorescent light bulbs, photochemistry has become a lot more sophisticated
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FeatureWearable technology
The future of wearable gadgets will be tiny, flexible, skin-like devices capable of monitoring your health
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FeatureNew opioid drugs
Creating powerful new painkillers is a constant battle against side-effects – particularly addictions. James Mitchell Crow reports
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CareersMelbourne, Australia
The world’s most liveable city is a renowned hub for biotech and biomedical research but lacks other opportunities, finds James Mitchell Crow
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CareersThe asymmetry problem
Reiko Kuroda has been tackling asymmetry her whole life, from molecular chirality to gender inequality, she tells James Mitchell Crow
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CareersNon-profit pharma
Not-for-profit drug discovery is growing into a promising niche employment opportunity within the pharmaceutical industry. James Mitchell Crow investigates
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FeatureMain group renaissance
After years languishing behind more fashionable areas of research, the main group elements are back in vogue. James Mitchell Crow finds out why
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CareersReality microscopy
Pratibha Gai talks to James Mitchell Crow about her life’s work, watching the secret life of atoms
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FeatureSurvival in the freezer
How do animals survive in the extreme cold? James Mitchell Crow investigates the proteins that do the job
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CareersHigher apprenticeships offer degrees of difference
Can an apprenticeship offer a genuine alternative to a university degree? James Mitchell Crowe investigates
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Research
Tapping proton power for enantioselective synthesis
A simple yet selective organocatalyst provides an efficient new way to generate many useful organic molecules