All x-ray diffraction articles
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ResearchScientists uncover pitfalls of letting algorithms determine crystal structures
Chemists warn not to blindly trust x-ray crystallography software after finding and correcting mistakes in iodine azide structures
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ResearchHow to solve a ‘nasty’ compound’s structure with a million-Euro synchrotron
Chemists overcomes challenges of handling explosive and toxic nitrogen to investigate its structure using Germany’s most expensive x-ray source
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ResearchLessons from an unlikely cadmium carbonyl compound
Complete structural reassignment sees cadmium, carbon and chlorine replaced with rhenium, nitrogen and sulfur
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OpinionHas x-ray had its day?
Will the giant of structure determination be toppled by blasts from electron beams?
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ResearchFrozen fluorine’s structure revisited after 50 years
Second ever crystal structure of solid fluorine solves 50-year-old crystal symmetry conundrum
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ResearchElectron beam exposes crystal details down to hydrogen atoms
Technique overcomes limitations of conventional crystallography and offers new insight into drugs and catalysts
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ResearchHard x-ray ghost images come to life
Combining information from two beams could reduce imaging damage and broaden crystallographic options
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ResearchHydrogens seen crystal clear in small molecules
Researchers have pinned down the precise position of hydrogen atoms in crystal structures using widely accessible methods
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NewsChemistry laureate Jerome Karle dies
Joint winner of the 1985 Nobel prize in chemistry dies at the age of 94
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ResearchMystery of green bacon solved
Scientists have used x-ray diffraction to determine the structure of the nitrite burn on bacon