All x-ray articles
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Identifying single atoms with x-ray specificity
Combining synchrotron x-rays with scanning tunnelling microscopy gives atomic resolution
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Single crystal solar material outperforms commercial x-ray detectors
Bismuth compound could reduce patients’ radiation exposure from repeat x-rays
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Pepto-Bismol compound’s structure unveiled after 120 years
Electron microscopy triumphed over x-ray crystallography as century-old structural puzzle around bismuth subsalicylate is finally solved
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First crystal structure of bleach in its 200-year history
X-ray structure of chemistry staples hypochlorite and hypobromite recorded for the first time
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Molecular cryo-EM discovers error in 25-year-old natural product structure
Nobel prize-winning biomolecule imaging technique adapted to characterise chemical compounds faster and easier than NMR and x-ray
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Cadmium cyanide surprises chemists by shrinking when irradiated with x-rays
Contraction expands potential applications for inorganic materials
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Watching solvent molecules move in real time
X-ray techniques and molecular dynamics simulations were combined to obtain a molecular movie of a light-driven charge-transfer process
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European Synchrotron’s new x-rays shine 100 times brighter
Extremely Brilliant Source, which took €150 million and 20 months to build, has already been used for Covid-19 research
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Nanodroplet encapsulation technique crystallises the ‘uncrystallisable’
High-throughput method that uses mere micrograms of small molecule samples could ease frustration for crystallographers
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Protein’s wobbles after electric shocks reveal inner workings
New twist on x-ray crystallography could simply reveal functional regions of proteins
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Hard x-ray ghost images come to life
Combining information from two beams could reduce imaging damage and broaden crystallographic options
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UK lab first to use liquid gallium x-ray source
The Small lab set to produce big results in nano-research
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Bond activation probed using x-ray laser
Observations of the oxygen–ruthenium bond could help improve catalyst design
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$1 billion x-ray laser upgrade begins at SLAC
Construction begins on world’s brightest x-ray laser
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X-ray emitting bacterial plasmas could enhance imaging
Bacteria found to be an excellent raw material to generate high-intensity x-rays for medical and analytical uses
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Ultra-bright x-rays film molecular reaction
‘Molecular movie’ provides new insight into classic ring-opening reaction
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X-rays capture super-fast nanoscale film
Chance finding underlines nanodiffraction technique’s power and potential