All articles by James Mitchell Crow – Page 4
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Bacteria create missing 'atmospheric brooms' that sweep the sky clean
The puzzle of where key chemical species that remove pollutants from the atmosphere come from may have been solved
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MOFs ready to gulp down radioactive iodine gas
A metal-organic framework has been created that could trap radioactive isotopes of iodine produced by nuclear power plants
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Sequencing chip decodes DNA proton by proton
pH-sensing silicon chips could make the $1000 genome a reality in just two years
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Feature
Redesigning nature's catalysts
Harnessing the power of enzymes to perform reactions outside their normal abilities is adding powerful tools to the synthetic chemist's armoury. James Mitchell Crow investigates
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Nanoparticles scrub up a treat in hot water bath
A wash in hot water is all it takes to clean up gold nanoparticles and improve their catalytic activity
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Polymer caterpillar crawls in humid weather
A polymer sandwich that responds to changes in humidity can 'crawl' carrying 120 times its own weight
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Hatching a plan to kill worm pests
Chemists have synthesised a complex molecule that hatches the eggs of a nematode pest before it destroys crops
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Feature
When is a catalyst not a catalyst?
This riddle has come to vex certain corners of the catalysis community. But once solved, it could potentially point to new kinds of chemistry, as James Mitchell Crow discovers
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Careers
Managing change: Chemistry down under
Australia has a flourishing academic sector, and the weather's better than in the UK. What's not to love? asks recent émigré
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Feature
Waste not, want not
Modern devices waste a lot of energy as heat, noise and vibration. James Mitchell Crow investigates a new breed of energy scavenging materials that could recapture some of it
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Careers
Profile: Diversity, variety and collaboration
Typecasting has never been a problem for Sally Gras, whose interests have ranged from fluid mechanics and protein misfolding to cheese making, discovers James Mitchell Crow
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Feature
Picture perfect pentacene
Advances in microscopy are letting us see not just atoms but the chemical bonds in between them. James Mitchell Crow takes a closer look
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Drug delivery: from needles to nanorods?
Hot gold nanorods could help doctors to deliver drugs and vaccines through the skin
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DNA readers ratchet closer
Nanopore DNA sequencers are on the verge of becoming a reality, as controlling DNA strand movement through the pore is finally cracked
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STFC cuts funds to key facilities
ISIS cut to just 120 days of operation per year as budget cuts bite
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Sustainable research creeps closer
New regulations mean labs will have to become greener - but the benefits could be financial as well as environmental
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Reinvesting in the future
Northern Ireland-based Almac is ploughing the profits from its pharmaceutical support divisions into a range of new research ventures. James Mitchell Crow visits the company
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Opinion
Editorial: Economic science
As the recession bites deeper, what could be in store for academe?
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Hexion buys its way out of Huntsman merger
Chemistry World's pick of last year's research papers