All Matter articles – Page 160

  • Opinion

    Rubioncolin B

    2008-07-30T13:02:00Z

    Researchers have successfully synthesised the complex natural product Rubioncolin B using a biomimetic approach that mimics nature's own chemistry, providing new insights into how plants construct these intricate molecules.

  • Periodic table of the elements – 43 – Technetium
    Podcast

    Technetium

    2008-07-30T00:00:00Z

    One of Mendeleev's predicted elements, technetium is now a go-to element in medical imaging

  • Periodic table of the elements – 52 – Tellurium
    Podcast

    Tellurium

    2008-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Named after the Greek for Earth, this element helps us capture power from the Sun

  • Periodic table of the elements – 65 – Terbium
    Podcast

    Terbium

    2008-07-16T00:00:00Z

    A colourful element with a multitude of uses

  • Periodic table of the elements – 81 – Thallium
    Podcast

    Thallium

    2008-07-09T00:00:00Z

    'The poisoner's poison', immortalised by Agatha Christie in The pale horse

  • Periodic table of the elements – 90 – Thorium
    Podcast

    Thorium

    2008-07-02T00:00:00Z

    The element that once illuminated the world's cities

  • Opinion

    Hypocrellin A

    2008-06-30T11:22:00Z

    Marisa Kozlowski's team at the University of Pennsylvania has developed an elegant synthesis of hypocrellin A that uses helical chirality to control traditional stereocentres through a dynamic stereochemistry transfer reaction.

  • Periodic table of the elements – 69 – Thulium
    Podcast

    Thulium

    2008-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Named for a mysterious land in the north, Thulium celebrates Scandinavian culture

  • Periodic table of the elements – 50 – Tin
    Podcast

    Tin

    2008-06-18T00:00:00Z

     The element that gave birth to the Bronze Age and changed the course of industry

  • Periodic table of the elements – 22 – Titanium
    Podcast

    Titanium

    2008-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explores the key to brightness

  • Periodic table of the elements – 74 – Tungsten
    Podcast

    Tungsten

    2008-06-04T00:00:00Z

    How the Swedish name for 'heavy stone' informed an element's future

  • Opinion

    Callipeltoside A

    2008-05-28T09:36:00Z

    Harvard's David Evans has applied his renowned aldol reaction expertise to synthesise callipeltoside A, a complex natural product that has challenged chemists since its isolation in 1996.

  • Periodic table of the elements – 92 – Uranium
    Podcast

    Uranium

    2008-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Infamous for its role in nuclear energy, this element is also responsible for geothermal heat and beautiful green glass

  • Periodic table of the elements – 23 – Vanadium
    Podcast

    Vanadium

    2008-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Any colour you like, as long as it's black. Or red, blue, green, yellow...

  • Periodic table of the elements – 54 – Xenon
    Podcast

    Xenon

    2008-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Bright lights and a bright future for an element discovered at the end of the nineteenth century

  • Periodic table of the elements – 70 – Ytterbium
    Podcast

    Ytterbium

    2008-04-23T00:00:00Z

     The lanthanide that can counter the counterfeiters

  • Periodic table of the elements – 39 – Yttrium
    Podcast

    Yttrium

    2008-04-16T00:00:00Z

    In lasers, televisions and superconductors, yttrium is a wide ranging supporting character

  • Periodic table of the elements – 30 – Zinc
    Podcast

    Zinc

    2008-04-09T00:00:00Z

    We're still very intimate with this element that was known to the ancients

  • Periodic table of the elements – 40 – Zirconium
    Podcast

    Zirconium

    2008-04-02T00:00:00Z

    It holds the key to nuclear energy, and it's got a gem-like name

  • FEATURE-PHOTOGRAPHY-290
    Feature

    The enduring image

    2007-07-26T12:11:00Z

    In the commercial battle between digital and analogue photography, physics eventually prevailed. Here, Mike Ware reveals how chemistry shaped the history of photographic images