Physical chemistry – Page 41
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NewsWill machine learning allow robots to take over?
How machines are adapting to solve chemical problems
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ResearchColour-changing graphene skin reveals hidden damage
A coating inspired by fish scales could highlight structural weakness in buildings and vehicles
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ResearchSpin measurements evade Heisenberg uncertainty principle
New technique allows atomic spin properties to be measured simultaneously with greater accuracy
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ResearchA golden future for hydrogen bonding
Relativistic effects responsible for positively charged Au(I) hydrogen bond acceptor
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ResearchNeural network provides accurate simulations without the cost
An efficient new computer brain can provide quick answers to computational chemistry problems
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ResearchChiral molecules could recognise each other’s spin
Charge polarisation could provide an answer to how nature can distinguish mirror image molecules
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ResearchBizarre new state of matter made: crystal that repeats in time and space
Two research teams create exotic state of matter many scientists thought could never exist
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ResearchCloudy with a chance of catalysis
Simulation of hydrogen bond interactions gives valuable new insights into how acid rain forms
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ResearchEvaporation drives dancing droplet breakdown
Changes in surface tension cause alcohol–water droplet on oil to burst into thousands of tiny droplets
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ResearchUltrafast lasers promise to make lead ‘look like’ gold
Theoretical study suggests atomic mimicry could reshape spectroscopy, information processing – and even chemical reactivity
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OpinionOutlines of ignorance
There’s a lot about chemistry that we just don’t understand very well yet
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ResearchAlgorithm on the nose when it comes to predicting molecules' smells
Crowdsourced model offers new insight into our sense of smell
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PodcastThe Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos – Book club
Driverless cars and bloodless wars are just two of the promises of machines that learn, the subject of this month’s podcast
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ResearchDo hydrogen bonds have covalent character?
Scientists wrangle over disagreement between charge transfer measurements
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ResearchSecret of dinitrogen triple bond's strength unpicked
Scientists find an unexpected explanation for the strength of nitrogen–nitrogen triple bonds
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ResearchMagnetic droplets stamp out protein patterns
Droplets rolling across a lotus leaf spark device assembly idea
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ResearchFinding a synthetic nanoparticle in a haystack
New analytical approach can detect engineered nanoparticles in the environment
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PodcastChemistry World podcast – January 2017
This month we introduce our new puzzles page, discuss the implications of Trump for science and meet Yuri Oganessian, the only living person with an element named after him