All articles by Jennifer Newton – Page 11
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What happens when I poke it?
Eric Furst talks to Jennifer Newton about prodding things with laser tweezers and why he loves colloids
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ResearchUpdating the textbook on intermolecular interactions
Van der Waals radii established for 93 elements
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Reconstructing how the Romans made glass
Antimony isotope analysis helps reveal glass heritage
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Flow electrodes may enable large-scale sea water desalination
Capacitive deionisation could turn the oceans into a source of drinkable fresh water
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Removing toxic chemicals with POPs
Porous organic polymers can be tailored to filter the air for toxic compounds, and don’t degrade in moist or corrosive environments
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Recognising coeliac disease
An electrochemical immunosensor is a step towards point-of-care disease diagnosis
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Electricity at your fingertips
Conducting polymers that could harvest energy from human body heat
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Technique to measure chemotherapy effectiveness
Cell stiffness and adhesion indicate anticancer drug’s performance
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Making criminals leave chemical fingerprints
Lanthanide markers added to ammunition could aid forensic investigations
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Ink containing living cells to print tissue
New bio-ink to print living cells for tissue engineering
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Seeing cells under stress
Combining analytical techniques with mechanical stretching to visualise cells under mechanical stress for disease studies
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Skeleton and skin strategy improves supercapacitor
An ultrathin supercapacitor for portable electronic devices with high power and energy densities
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Delivering insulin in a skin cream
Injections and tablets could one day be a thing of the past
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Extracting nuclear energy from seawater
The ligand that forms a complex with a uranyl ion to enable uranium to be extracted from seawater
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Nanocrystal probes mimic viruses to gain entry into cells
Polymers deliver nanocrystal probes for non-invasive imaging directly into cells within an hour
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Butter substitute reduces blood pressure and cholesterol
Scientists are tackling cardiovascular disease with milk peptides and plant sterols in a spread
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A new generation of tuberculosis drugs
Antibacterial drugs that can discriminate between human and bacterial enzymes to target TB
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Turning bacteria's shield into a weapon against it
Meningitis-causing bacteria produce a sugar layer that could be used against them in a vaccine
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Mimicking Mother Nature's solar panels
Black butterfly wings provide inspiration for new solar collection devices