All articles by Philip Ball – Page 10
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Research
Probing molecules atom by atom
New NMR technique allows ultra-high-resolution of individual molecules
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Opinion
Appreciating art criticism
Philip Ball considers Chinese works of art that comment on environmental and chemical issues
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Opinion
Does life play dice?
Philip Ball wonders whether life evolved to exploit quantum phenomena, or if it’s just in our nature
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Research
Faulty enzyme link offers new ways to fight Parkinson’s
Research links Parkinson’s disease to an enzyme that affects the functioning of mitochondria
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Opinion
The fascinating in the familiar
A simple droplet shows that there are still plenty of puzzles to ponder in everyday observations, says Philip Ball
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Research
Molecular clocks may probe fundamental laws
Clocks based on the simplest molecule could weigh in on proton’s mass
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Opinion
How the Pelican got its hue
Philip Ball covers the chemical history of Penguin’s inexpensive educational books
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Feature
The colourful science
Philip Ball traces how chemists and artists have been inspiring each other for centuries
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Research
Chemistry gets strange at water’s surface
Theoretical study suggests that ions with the same charge might actually become attracted to each other at an interface
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Opinion
Is junk DNA all garbage?
A brouhaha in biology shows that uncovering what we don’t know is more important than arguments about what we do, says Philip Ball
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Feature
A fat lot of good
Lipids have been the the poor relations of DNA and proteins for some time, but Philip Ball discovers that they are ready to take centre stage
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Research
Worms build waving towers to get out more
Waxy secretions let microscopic nematodes build structures from themselves to find new beetle hosts
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Opinion
Computational chemicals
Philip Ball explains how creative chemists are teaching molecules some new tricks
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Research
Ice core to antifreeze protein’s inner workings
Highly unusual structure has an interior filled with a pentagonal ice network that halts the formation of ice crystals
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Research
X-rays set to reveal electrons’ dance
New technique could let scientists watch how electrons move within atoms and molecules in real time