All Matter articles – Page 18
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Opinion
Betty Wright Harris’s explosive career
Hayley Bennett tells the story of a Black chemist who studied energetic materials – and ways to detect them
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Business
Chemours sues over US PFAS safety limit
Fluoropolymer maker appeals new safety standard for GenX, calling it ‘scientifically unsound’
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Research
Rich chemistry revealed by tip microscopy pulses’ bond making and breaking
Using an STM, scientists have been able to precisely switch between three different molecules, opening the way to multiple selective transformations
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Research
Improbable rotaxane made using a foldamer helix
Macrocycle displaced to a site for which it has no formal affinity
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Research
Chiral molecules beat magnets when it comes to boosting water splitting
Decorating the catalyst with helicenes doubles the activity of the oxygen evolution reaction
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Opinion
Lessons in meaning from surface science
Do the measurements we take in vacuum mean anything in real-life situations?
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Feature
How a murder and a bombing cleaned up DNA profiling
The UK pioneered a forensic process to identify suspects from tiny amounts of DNA, but occasional flaws had big consequences. Andy Extance pieces together the whole story for the first time
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Research
Theories on origin of enzymes’ catalytic power united
Transition state stabilisation and ground state destabilisation both reduce the energy barrier by enhancing charge density but vary in their timing
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Research
New technique reveals interactions inside indium nucleus
Study will help researchers understand how seemingly simple single-particle phenomena emerge from complex interactions among protons and neutrons
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Business
Second Theranos executive convicted of fraud
Blood testing startup president Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani defrauded both investors and patients
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Research
Microdroplets tackle scale-up issues for enzyme-photocoupled catalysis
Gas-spray reactor enhances light illumination efficiency and boosts rate of reaction
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Opinion
Callendar’s platinum thermometer
Solving the hot topic of accurate and reproducible temperature measurement
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Research
MOF nurtures stem cells to differentiate into neuronal cells
Challenging task of coaxing stem-cells to differentiate could become easier thanks to metal-organic frameworks
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Research
Forgotten research leads to nickel catalyst that turns CO2 into longer hydrocarbons
Discovery shows that there is life beyond copper for carbon dioxide reduction
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News
Chemistry Nobel laureate Robert Curl dies at 88
Curl’s passing means that all three scientists who won the 1996 chemistry Nobel prize for discovering fullerenes are gone
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Research
Record-breaking rotaxane prepared on polymer bead
Polystyrene beads decorated with 1014 rotaxane molecules
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Feature
A material future for fusion?
Nuclear fusion has been a dream for decades. Kit Chapman finds out about the latest developments that could help it fulfil its promise
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Research
Perfectly planar stable silicon clusters with six contacts predicted
Hexacoordinated systems theorised to remain stable, even with protecting ligands
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Research
Highly stable aerogel could protect firefighters and spacecraft from extreme heat
Amorphous structure studded with nanocrystals survives stress and strain that would break an ordinary aerogel
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Opinion
In search of the chemical bond
Philosophy of science can help us discover new ways of understanding whether bonds really exist