All articles by Tim Wogan – Page 3
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ResearchHow many molecules of water does it take to dissociate HCl? It’s complicated
New work sheds lights on when hydrogen chloride turns into hydrochloric acid
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Research1D perovskites break free from 2D sheets and could enable production of cheap lasers
Nanowire perovskites offer path to low-cost sensors
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NewsExplainer: how chemistry powers heat pumps
Seen as an answer to low-carbon heating we look at how they work and what their future holds
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ResearchLabs across the globe networked by AI discover state-of-the-art emitters for lasers
Demonstration shows how algorithms could organise timing and match specialist equipment to experiments
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ResearchPrecious metal-free catalyst conjured using sugar can turn CO2 into chemical feedstock
Simulations and analysis uncover more active metastable phase of molybdenum carbide
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ResearchLiquid metal synthesis of diamonds achieved at atmospheric pressure
Combining nickel, iron and silicon with gallium enabled diamond film synthesis from methane
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ResearchStructural disorder key to high-capacitance carbon electrodes
Finding could lead to supercapacitors that store more charge
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ResearchAlgorithm designs proteins from scratch that can bind drugs and small molecules
Strategy could stop an overdose or produce an antidote to a poison
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ResearchIodide addition could make high energy lithium-sulfur batteries commercially viable
Next generation batteries given self-healing properties and vastly improved electronic conductivity by sulfur iodide inclusion
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ResearchDeep learning algorithm predicts structures of biomolecular assemblies
RoseTTAFold extended to predict structures of proteins bound to small molecules
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ResearchViolent volcanic lightning created the nitrogen compounds essential for the chemistry that led to life
First direct evidence of nitrates linked to eruptions discovered
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ResearchIon-beam experiments probe fundamentals of hydronium–hydroxide neutralisation
Researchers uncover new insights into one of chemistry’s most fundamental equilibrium reactions
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ResearchSemiconducting graphene allows transistor creation in step toward silicon chip integration
Regular, ordered synthesis of epigraphene combines a bandgap with high electronic mobility addressing a key problem with the material
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ResearchBonding nanoparticles to rubber increases material’s fatigue resistance sixfold
Discovery puts rubber on the road to tougher tyres
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ResearchIodine compounds accelerate cloud formation over oceans and the poles
Newly discovered chemical mechanisms behind aerosol nucleation could improve climate models
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ResearchSuperheavy elements forged in giant stellar collisions
Nuclei with mass numbers above 260 are produced in r -process events
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FeatureWhen a bond gets too extreme
Chemical bonds are part of the way chemists rationalise the behaviour of atoms in the conditions of the world around them. Tim Wogan looks at how they are affected when those conditions change
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Research‘Most slippery surface ever’ inspired by new understanding of surface roughness
Modelling and measurements reveal surprising ways slipperiness develops
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ResearchCase closed on mystery of why a spinning magnet can levitate other magnets
Phenomenon discovered in 2021 that left physicists scratching their heads unravelled