All Matter articles – Page 114
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ResearchDissolving electrodes could ease pain of epilepsy surgery
Electronics could identify areas of brain for treatment and then melt away after use with no need for surgical removal
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OpinionAn odd couple
Coupling unactivated phenols with amines requires an unusual approach, as Karl Collins discovers
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ResearchElusive Suzuki intermediates finally captured
Backing for model that ‘jumped straight into textbooks’ without any experimental evidence
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ResearchSmart bandages you press for antibacterial action
Only releasing antibacterials when needed leave bacteria with no time to adapt
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ResearchRibosome mimic assembles made to order molecules
DNA machine can be programmed to produce a wide range of polymers and even keeps a record of each one it makes
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ResearchMouth-puckering molecule inspires fish-catching glove
Relevance of measuring tannic acid’s friction-increasing astringency reaches beyond food
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OpinionChemistry under control
There’s more to influencing the science of change than temperature and catalysts
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ResearchCaging chemical weapons
Supramolecular cubes trap and flag nerve agents using the hydrophobic effect
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ResearchMetal foam armour shatters bullets
Composite metal foams could form the basis for next-generation bulletproof armour
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ResearchMacrocyle aromaticity switch is all about that base
Deprotonation triggers rare conformation change in expanded porphyrin
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ResearchColour-changing polymer adapts camouflage to vegetation and desert
Fabric flips from green to brown when a voltage is applied
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OpinionWhy salty water foams
Philip Ball seeks the answer to a question more complex than it appears
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ResearchPolymer repairs itself at body temperature
New material could enable self-healing wound dressings
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ResearchNew forms of 2D boron synthesised
Flat boron allotropes could find a future use in nanoelectronics
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News$1 billion x-ray laser upgrade begins at SLAC
Construction begins on world’s brightest x-ray laser
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OpinionToxicity is a hazardous waste
We must teach students how to avoid environmental impact rather than accept itas an inherent part of chemistry, argues John Warner