All articles by Simon Hadlington – Page 5
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Titanium oxides in stellar clouds finally pinned down
Thirty year search ends after titanium dioxide is spotted around Big Dog star
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Copper catalysis sees the light
Copper nanoparticle's oxidation state can be tuned using visible light, enabling industrially important propylene epoxidation
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BusinessGlobal AstraZeneca restructuring will cost 1600 jobs
Firm will focus drug development efforts in three strategic R&D centres in the UK, Sweden and the US
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NewsDried lake bed on Mars ‘could have supported life’
Detection of compounds in varying oxidation states suggests bacteria-friendly chemical gradients might have once existed
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Elusive desorption precursor spied by x-ray laser
State first proposed over 70 years ago by Langmuir is finally observed
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Battleground develops over antibiotic killing mechanism
New research suggests traditional mechanisms, rather than reactive oxygen species, are responsible for killing bacteria
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Supercharging methanol for fuel cells
Ruthenium-based pincer catalyst can extract hydrogen from methanol, making it a better choice to generate clean energy
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Enzyme nano-parcels sober up drunken mice
Enzymes for metabolising alcohol are trapped in a polymer shell to hold them together and improve their efficiency
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ResearchFootfalls to power static nanogenerator
Simple device can use static electricity generated by walking to light up an array of 600 LEDs
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NewsNanotech patent jungle set to become denser in 2013
Is a thicket of patents strangling a nascent industry?
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Azo-cops nab CO2 but let N2 go free
Porous polymers could scrub carbon dioxide from power station flue gases
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ResearchQuantum timepiece ticks the right boxes
A clock that relies on the mass of an atom to measure time could be used to settle arguments over the definition of the kilogram
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Greener route to carboxylic acids
Reaction uses water as the oxygen source and solvent for converting primary alcohols
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Striped nanoparticle controversy blows up
Arguments centre over whether nano-structures are a result of self-assembly or simply an experimental artefact
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Chemists crack fluoroform challenge
An industrial waste product from the production of Teflon and refrigerants can now be turned into agrichemicals and drugs
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Olive oil coating could save York Minster
Superhydrophobic coating can protect ancient stonework from acid erosion while letting it 'breathe'
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C–O bond stretched to record length
Efforts to extend bonds could lead to new bonding concepts and strategies for catalysis
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Terminator-style self-healing robot skin moves closer to reality
The polymer matrix ‘e-skin’ can spot changes in pressure and repair itself
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'Nano-welding' taken to the limits as specific bonds are cut and formed
US and Chinese scientists put on a superlative display of single-molecule engineering
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World’s first all-carbon solar cell
Device made from fullerenes, nanotubes and graphene could deliver 'high performance at a low cost'