All articles by Simon Hadlington – Page 7
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Research
Rewritable DNA for digital data storage
Cells respond in easy to follow binary manner to chemical switches
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Research
Disposable paper electronic touch pads on their way
Cheap paper devices could be used in smart packaging, biomedical devices and many other applications
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News
Near-infrared spectroscopy illuminates medieval art
Non-invasive technique sheds light on the materials used across the entirety of a 15th century manuscript
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News
Controlling an organocatalyst with pH
A catalytic group situated on a rotaxane can be switched on or off by altering where the macrocycle sits
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Giving drug dropouts a new lease of life
Cucurbiturils improve drug's solubility by almost 3000 times offering ditched molecules another spin of the wheel
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Research
Graphene puts wet chemistry under microscope
A cover slip made of graphene allows chemists to visualise nanocrystal formation in unprecedented detail
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News
Seeds of life incubated in proto-planetary nurseries
The formation of organic molecules is a natural and inevitable part of the planet-forming process, modelling work suggests
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Research
Seeds of life incubated in proto-planetary nurseries
Organic molecules that were the potential precursors of life on Earth could have been synthesised in a part of the cosmic environment hitherto considered to be chemically inert
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Double whammy blow to US nuclear science
Los Alamos National Lab's budget will be cut by 11% and an actinide chemistry facility postponed
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Double whammy blow to US nuclear science
Los Alamos National Lab’s budget will be cut by 11% and an actinide chemistry facility postponed
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Quicklime provides a hot way for rapid HIV detection
Device can detect HIV at an early stage and is simple enough to be used in the field
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News
Botox 'bodyguard' gives protein protection
How does botulinum toxin - one of the most potent toxins known to man - survive the gut to wreak neurological havoc elsewhere?
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Feature
Another brick in the whorl
The scientists on the inside of advanced fingerprinting research are cross-examined by Simon Hadlington
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News
'Proton grease' speeds up molecular rotor
Lubricating protons put a new spin on molecular machine research
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Consistent Avogadro number a step nearer
Chemical metrologists in Canada have made the most accurate measurement of silicon's atomic weight to date
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Molecule mimics molybdenum catalyst
Analogue of hydrogen-evolving catalyst will help to study how it works and how to improve its efficiency
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Nano-welding with a light touch
Researchers weld nanowires using just white light as a route to simplify electronics manufacturing
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NewsToxic mushroom behind Chinese deaths unmasked
The killer chemicals that have claimed hundreds of lives in China have been identified in a new species of fungi
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Students taking chemistry holds steady at UK
Chemistry degrees predicted to buck the trend of a 9% drop in applications to UK universities
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NewsThe world's first magnetic soap
Iron has been incorporated into a surfactant to produce a liquid that responds to an external magnetic field