All articles by James Mitchell Crow – Page 3
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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
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CareersCSIRO: a translation agency
James Mitchell Crow meets the scientists making a difference at Australia’s national science organisation
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FeatureBuilding better chemistry
Do lab buildings affect the work of the scientists inside them? James Mitchell Crow surveys some grand designs
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FeatureClosing the loop
Chemical-looping combustion methods aim to help power plants produce separate carbon dioxide to aid its sequestration. James Mitchell Crow keeps us in the loop
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'Molecular trapdoor' opens only for CO2
Zeolite's cation bouncers on the doors can keep out undesirables like methane while letting in carbon dioxide - handy for carbon capture
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Nitrogen does diamond
Putting nitrogen gas under pressure generates a cage-like material with explosive potential properties
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FeatureLeather looks to greener tanning
Despite a history going back thousands of years, the leather tanning industry is still using chemistry to improve its processes. James Mitchell Crow examines the latest environmentally friendly advances
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CareersTastefully done
Russell Keast’s early years as a chef gave him an appetite for science that took him out of the kitchen and into the lab, he tells James Mitchell Crow
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ResearchMOF smashes gas storage ceiling
Recording-breaking metal organic frameworks adds weight to idea that they can mop up much more gas than previously thought
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Watching single nanoparticles work
A new Raman technique has let chemists watch reactions taking place in real time
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CareersResourcing the resource boom
Kelly Scientific Resources has its work cut out supplying scientists for Australia’s expanding mining and environmental science sectors, learns James Mitchell Crow
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FeatureStepping toward ideality
James Mitchell Crow wonders what would make the perfect organic synthesis
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CareersThe profits of poison
Glenn King tells James Mitchell Crow that when it comes to spider venom he just can’t get enough
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News
Polymer gel squeezes and strains like an intestine
The oscillating Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction powers a tubular gel that expands and contracts in waves
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News
plays host to quick xylene separation
Isomers of xylene simply separated in a process that could cut the energy costs of a wide range of chemical goods
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Feature
Keeping the tap on
James Mitchell Crow investigates routes to quenching our thirst without costing the Earth
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Bright sparks
From the Olympics to New Year's Eve events, fireworks are synonymous with celebration. James Mitchell Crow looks into some pyrotechnic research worth celebrating in itself
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News
Artificial enzymes close in on nature
A de novo designed zinc-binding protein is the closest synthetic mimic yet of the carbonic anhydrase enzyme
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News
Nanotubes with a split personality show solar promise
Self-assembled semiconducting nanostructures with two distinct electronic domains form the first nanowire heterojunctions