All articles by James Urquhart – Page 15
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Weightlifting crystals
Two-component crystal can bend like human muscle to lift weights 600 times greater than its own when exposed to UV light
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Challenging aqua regia's throne
US researchers discover 'organic' aqua regia that can selectively dissolve noble metals in solution
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Growing magnetic leaves
Researchers create a magnetic leaf from iron carbide using a natural leaf as a template in a simple one-step process
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Strain creates rare type of magnet
An antiferromagnetic material can display ferroelectric and ferromagnetic simultaneously if its crystal lattice is strained
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Zooming in on intermolecular bonds
Researchers capture clear images of intermolecular bonds for the first time using a modified form of scanning tunnelling microscopy
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Testing nanotube toxicity
A mouse study looking at carbon nanotubes and reproduction suggests that ill-effects are reversible and fertility is not affected
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Volatile elements locked in moon rock
Theory that the Moon is depleted of volatile elements challenged as lunar mineral samples suggest levels are the same as on Earth
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Compound crucial in sea and air
New device reveals how a chemical compound produced by phytoplankton in the oceans affects microbe behaviour and global climate
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Buckyball-based gene delivery
Japanese researchers have demonstrated effective gene delivery in mice using carbon buckyballs
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Disilicate synthesis success
Researchers synthesise compound with direct bond between two silicate moieties for the first time
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Easier ester synthesis
Oxygen-coated gold nanoparticles can selectively oxidise a variety of alcohols and aldehydes
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Structural snapshots of complex molecules
New spectroscopy technique uncovers the sequence of atomic movements occurring during complex chemical transformations
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Gold nanoparticles give super sensitive cancer test
Technique uses gold nanoparticles and DNA in new test for prostate cancer 300 times more sensitive than commercial assays
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New route to amino acids
Scientists have found a new way of making a class of non-natural amino acids that are widely used in pharmaceuticals and chiral catalysts
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Hybrid nano material targets antibiotic resistant bacteria
Researchers develop a light activated nano material that can target, label and kill antibiotic resistant bacteria such as E. coli
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Separating isomers with electric fields
New technique uses electric fields at ultracold temperatures to isolate individual conformational isomers from a complex molecule
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New method for fluorinating compounds
Researchers develop an easy, cost-effective way to add fluorine atoms to a variety of compounds used in pharmaceuticals
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Stretching for reversible enzyme activation
Scientists have developed a new kind of nanomaterial that can be chemically turned on and off by mechanical stretching
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Martian methane breaks the rules
Variations in methane concentration across Mars defy our current understanding of methane photochemistry, say French scientists
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Water linked to mantle oxidation
Scientists have analysed minuscule samples of magma and found a direct link between water content and oxidation state