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Chemistry World January 12, 2014 Andy Extance |
Rocket reactor forces space hydrogen rethink Scientists have pushed low-temperature experimentation and computational chemistry to their limits to better understand hydrogen fluoride, which astronomers use to study regions of space that are otherwise hard to image. |
Chemistry World May 13, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
Blurred bonds rationalized by heavy atom tunnelling A new theoretical study of anti-aromatic systems has attributed the unusual way that their I -bonds shift to quantum tunnelling. |
Chemistry World July 5, 2007 Michael Gross |
Cold Chemistry Chemical reactions at extremely low temperatures can run at surprisingly fast rates and astrochemists have begun to figure out why. |
Chemistry World July 1, 2013 Laura Howes |
Quantum tunnelling in space Interstellar dust clouds might be host to more chemistry than previously imagined. |
Chemistry World September 1, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
Wendy Brown: Space dust chemistry Professor Wendy Brown's research reproduces the cold and low pressures of space to model chemical reactions that occur when particles are brought together on interstellar dust grains. |
Chemistry World July 5, 2011 Mike Brown |
Metallic Pick and Mix with Complexes Scientists in Germany have plucked a metal ion from the middle of a phthalocyanine molecule on a silver surface. The simple method of removal, which employs a scanning tunnelling microscope, could be used to make cheaper molecular storage devices. |
Chemistry World October 6, 2011 Manisha Lalloo |
Oxygen Isotopes Help to Probe Water's Structure Scientists have used isotopic substitution of oxygen to take a closer look at the molecular structure of water. |
Chemistry World June 11, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Houdini Molecule Escapes Energy Trap A team of international chemists has captured and caught on camera a small, elusive molecule that has previously never been seen. |
Technology Research News June 30, 2004 |
Chip protects single atoms Researchers have found a way to closely control the quantum states, or traits, of single atoms trapped in a microchip. The method is a step toward building devices like miniature atomic clocks that are an order of magnitude more accurate than those that exist today. |
Chemistry World November 29, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Mystery of diamond polishing solved? Mike Ashfold, an expert on the chemistry of diamond at the University of Bristol in the UK, says, 'Polishers have long recognised that some diamond surfaces polish more easily, and more successfully, than others. |
Technology Research News October 20, 2004 |
Molecules positioned on silicon Dubbed multi-step feedback control lithography, this new fabrication process could eventually be used to construct prototype molecular electronic devices for future technologies in areas like consumer electronics and biomedical diagnostics. |
Chemistry World October 10, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Surface Chemistry Wins Nobel Prize The 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to German scientist Gerhard Ertl for his work understanding the effect of gas molecules on solid surfaces of metals. |
Chemistry World March 1, 2012 David Bradley |
Roaming reactions double up in atmospheric chemistry Chemists have found a chemical reaction that ignores its reaction coordinate and seemingly bypasses the conventional mechanics of transition state theory to display two distinct 'roaming' mechanisms. |
Technology Research News March 10, 2004 |
Atom spouts photons on demand California Institute of Technology researchers have fashioned a single atom into a light source that generates single photons on demand. |
Technology Research News May 4, 2005 |
Nano Pyramids Boost Fuel Cells Researchers have devised a way to make iridium surfaces that are extremely finely textured. The surface is textured with pyramids which increases the available surface area of the metal. The increased surface area speeds the catalytic reaction that breaks down ammonia to extract hydrogen. |
Reactive Reports Issue 37 David Bradley |
X-rays Reveal PSII Secret The possibility of using solar energy and water as a cheap source of hydrogen and oxygen is a step closer thanks to British researchers who discovered how the photosynthetic centre in a cyanobacterium works. |
Chemistry World April 26, 2007 Philip Ball |
Water's Surface is Acidic Pure, neutral water has an acid skin. This striking notion has now been confirmed by calculations and tests by an international team of scientists. The finding could be significant for a number of disciplines. |
Chemistry World August 7, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
The Burning Issue In an effort to clean up fossil-fuel power stations, scientists have completed a project to create ceramic straws that can produce a stream of pure oxygen from air. |
Chemistry World January 28, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Water spilt with aluminium Aluminium clusters' ability to split water molecules and release hydrogen is dictated by the geometric arrangement of active sites on their surface, US scientists have discovered. |
Chemistry World February 24, 2012 Yuandi Li |
Computers look at life-giving reactions in space Theoretical chemistry could answer some questions about how life on earth originated, say Australian researchers. |
Chemistry World October 27, 2010 Laura Howes |
Single molecule magnets line up Italian researchers claim that they've bound a single molecule magnet to a gold surface, whilst retaining the magnet's properties. |
Technology Research News May 4, 2005 |
Noisy Snapshots Show Quantum Weirdness Researchers have devised a relatively simple way to detect a pair of entangled, or linked atoms. The detection ability advances quantum computer and quantum communications research. |
Chemistry World November 15, 2011 Kate McAlpine |
Shedding light on ultracold reactions in space Two teams of researchers in the US and Europe have shown that light can play a bigger role than expected in the nascent field of ultracold atom-ion interactions. |
Chemistry World March 10, 2009 Alexander Hellemans |
Making pentagonal ice An international group of researchers have discovered that pentagonal structures of ice can be formed on copper surfaces consisting of Cu (110) substrates. |
Chemistry World April 14, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
Deciphering Hydrogen Tunnelling in Enzymes Researchers have thrown important new light on the phenomenon of hydrogen tunnelling in biological catalysts. The finding is likely to spark a debate among biochemists about the fundamental nature of enzymes. |
Chemistry World February 28, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Individual Atoms' Chemical ID Revealed Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that atomic force microscopy can be used to reveal the chemical identity of individual atoms on a surface at room temperature. |
Chemistry World December 16, 2011 Kate McAlpine |
Radical experiment assesses interstellar nitrogen Radical reactions are challenging to measure at cold temperatures, but an international team of researchers have recently clocked the rate for atomic nitrogen and hydroxyl radicals at 56K. |
Chemistry World April 24, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Researchers 'See' Catalyst Molecules at Work Researchers have for the first time 'watched' in real time single molecules of catalyst participating in a reaction at a solid-liquid interface. |
Chemistry World January 8, 2014 Philip Ball |
We choose to go to the muon Chemists Mohammad Goli and Shant Shahbazian posit two new light elements. They are muonium (Mu), in which an electron orbits a positively charged muon ( +), and muonic helium (He ), in which an electron orbits a 'nucleus' consisting of an alpha particle and a negative muon. |
Chemistry World September 18, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Researchers See Electrons in a Spin Scientists in the US have successfully measured the spin polarisation state of single atoms adsorbed to a surface, bringing the prospect of quantum computing and spin-based electronics (spintronics) a step closer. |
Chemistry World February 13, 2015 Andy Extance |
X-ray laser snaps first bond-forming transition state Using data from x-ray lasers scientists have reconstructed the formation of the carbon monoxide oxidation transition state. |
Reactive Reports David Bradley |
Subjective Suboxide Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are probably the best known molecules containing just carbon and oxygen, but they do form others, such as carbon suboxide (C3O2), which is one of the most stable. |
Chemistry World October 2, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Photosynthesis-free route to oxygen gives early Earth atmosphere clues A direct mechanism for producing oxygen from carbon dioxide using far ultraviolet radiation has been experimentally demonstrated by researchers in the US, confirming a 14-year-old theoretical prediction. |
Chemistry World March 25, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Water goes with a bang US researchers have found that water appears to play a key role as a catalyst in complex explosions. |
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 |
Demo Advances Quantum Networking Researchers have transferred information stored in the properties of a cloud of rubidium atoms to the properties of a single photon. The ability to transfer information from atoms to photons is needed for quantum computers. |
Chemistry World May 22, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Xenon doubled up with water Creating a water molecule with two noble gas atoms interpolated into its structure sounds an improbable feat, but a international team of researchers now claim to have trapped just such an exotic compound in xenon. |
Chemistry World February 21, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Taking the Measure of Atomic Friction Scientists in the US and Germany have successfully used an atomic force microscope to determine exactly how much effort is needed to drag a single atom of cobalt across the surface of different metals. |
Chemistry World May 30, 2012 Jon Cartwright |
Tiny buckyball grown around metal atom An international team of researchers has observed the smallest fullerene to form spontaneously to date using metal atoms for stabilization. |
Chemistry World March 2006 |
The Last Retort: Still Baffled by H2O A laboratory in the U.S. has a mission to investigate the chemistry and physics of pure water more deeply than anyone has done before, with the help of a supercomputer called Thunder. |
Chemistry World September 13, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
Red Oxygen Structure Revealed An international team of researchers has cracked a conundrum that has baffled scientists for years: they have elucidated the crystalline structure of an enigmatic phase of solid oxygen that arises when the molecule is subjected to high pressure. |
Chemistry World December 12, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Iron Oxide Succumbs to the Gentle Touch Chemists in Japan and France have produced a new iron oxide with a sheet-like structure that could be used in fuel cells and sensors. |
Chemistry World October 1, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Semiconductor Splits Water with Sunlight Scientists in Germany have developed a promising new catalyst that splits water using sunlight -- and stores the hydrogen and oxygen produced. |
Chemistry World January 8, 2008 James Mitchell Crow |
Amber Contains Hint of Paris's Tropical Past Scientists in France studying a local deposit of 55 million-year-old amber have unexpectedly isolated a natural product never seen before. |
Chemistry World November 27, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
Getting the Dope on a Single Atom of Dopant Scientists have successfully probed the electronic and quantum mechanical properties of a single atom of dopant in a silicon transistor. The research could provide important information necessary for the development of quantum computers. |
Chemistry World May 27, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
A novel designer surface catalyst for oxidations Scientists in China have developed a new surface-based catalyst that can selectively oxidise carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide in the presence of hydrogen. |
Chemistry World July 31, 2008 |
Nanostructures Made Easy Scotland-based chemists have invented a new way to build nanoscale arrays of molecules over a large surface area: a technique that may be key to making nanostructures in sophisticated sensors, catalysts, and tiny computer parts. |
Technology Research News January 12, 2005 |
Silicon Surfaces Speed Circuits Researchers have devised a way to use the chemistry of silicon surfaces to make smaller chip features. |
Chemistry World July 8, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Flattening carbon UK researchers have managed to synthesise a molecule with an almost planar four-coordinate carbon atom bonded to two lithium atoms and bulky organic ligands. |
Technology Research News January 14, 2004 |
Atoms make quantum coprocessor Researchers from Brussels Free University in Belgium (ULB) and the Niels Bohr Institute in Denmark have shown that the collective spin of clouds of atoms can be used to compute. |
Chemistry World July 9, 2012 Phillip Broadwith |
'Molecular cobra' turns C-H to C=C A reagent developed by US chemists can selectively introduce synthetically useful C=C double bonds into unactivated carbon chains, guided by an activating group attached to a nearby oxygen or nitrogen atom. |