All Matter articles – Page 111
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FeatureExperimenting on superheavy elements | The element makers
The periodic table has now grown to 118 elements. We met some of the people who make them to find out how they do it, and what they will be doing next
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FeatureThe element makers
The periodic table has now grown to 118 elements. We met some of the people who make them to find out how they do it, and what they will be doing next
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ResearchNew type of meteorite found in Swedish quarry
Chemically distinct 470-million-year-old rock could be part of a long-gone asteroid
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ResearchFirst detection of chiral molecule in space
Radio telescope detects propylene oxide in a star-forming region of outer space
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ResearchQuasicrystals on a collision course with Earth
Natural quasicrystals may form from object collisions in the solar system
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ResearchMOF in a bottle
Waste plastic bottles become a source for porous metal–organic framework synthesis
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ResearchMetal ion swap improves artificial enzymes
Substituting iron with iridium expands the catalytic capacity of metalloenzymes
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FeatureData on demand
Chris Chapman looks at how researchers are overcoming the challenge of accessing analytical data across multiple systems
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ResearchSerial crystallography enhanced by graphene
Graphene-containing microfluidic device used to study the structures of complex protein crystals
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OpinionLinked data is the future for medicinal chemistry
Paul Groth explains why linked data is starting to revolutionise medicinal chemistry
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ResearchOxidation state +10 may exist in a platinum compound
Prediction suggests platinum oxide compound is stable in +10 state for nearly a year
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ResearchPerovskites spun out into stable solar cells
Device beats previous efficiency record of 15.6%, reaching nearly 20%
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NewsExplainer: superheavy elements
How do you make a new element, how can you make sure you’ve really made it and what kit do you need?
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ResearchMolecular motors start chemically-fuelled journey
Interlinked rings emulate how motor proteins work naturally in cells, while palladium catalysts corkscrew smaller molecules
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ResearchMachine-learning accelerates catalytic trend spotting
Example of what you can gain when ‘people from different disciplines start looking at the same problems’
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NewsLive blog: New element names
The proposed names of the four new elements have been released. Find out what they are in our live coverage.
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ResearchLight and heat flip compound between phases
UV light and heat induce reversible switch between ionic liquid and coordination polymer
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NewsIupac announces proposed new element names
The four new elements confirmed in January are to be named nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson
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ResearchTutankhamun’s burial dagger is ‘extra-terrestrial’ in origin
Analysis of the iron in the 3000-year-old mummy’s dagger suggests it originally came from a meteorite