All articles by James Mitchell Crow – Page 3

Research
'Molecular trapdoor' opens only for CO₂

2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

Zeolite's cation bouncers on the doors can keep out undesirables like methane while letting in carbon dioxide - handy for carbon capture
Research
Nitrogen does diamond

2012-10-31T00:00:00Z

Putting nitrogen gas under pressure generates a cage-like material with explosive potential properties
Feature
Leather looks to greener tanning

2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Despite a history going back thousands of years, the leather tanning industry is still using chemistry to improve its processes. James Mitchell Crow examines the latest environmentally friendly advances
Careers
Tastefully done

2012-09-12T00:00:00Z

Russell Keast’s early years as a chef gave him an appetite for science that took him out of the kitchen and into the lab, he tells James Mitchell Crow
Research
MOF smashes gas storage ceiling

2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Recording-breaking metal organic frameworks adds weight to idea that they can mop up much more gas than previously thought
Research
Watching single nanoparticles work

2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

A new Raman technique has let chemists watch reactions taking place in real time
Careers
Resourcing the resource boom

2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

Kelly Scientific Resources has its work cut out supplying scientists for Australia’s expanding mining and environmental science sectors, learns James Mitchell Crow
Feature
Stepping toward ideality

2012-07-06T00:00:00Z

James Mitchell Crow wonders what would make the perfect organic synthesis
Careers
The profits of poison

2012-06-01T00:00:00Z

Glenn King tells James Mitchell Crow that when it comes to spider venom he just can’t get enough
News
Polymer gel squeezes and strains like an intestine

2012-05-16T13:40:00Z

The oscillating Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction powers a tubular gel that expands and contracts in waves
Feature
Going with the flow

2012-03-31T00:00:00Z

When it comes to scaling up organic synthesis, it pays to think small
News
plays host to quick xylene separation

2012-03-19T14:17:00Z

Isomers of xylene simply separated in a process that could cut the energy costs of a wide range of chemical goods
Feature
Keeping the tap on

2012-01-27T10:53:50Z

James Mitchell Crow investigates routes to quenching our thirst without costing the Earth
Feature
Bright sparks

2011-12-22T11:16:33Z

From the Olympics to New Year's Eve events, fireworks are synonymous with celebration. James Mitchell Crow looks into some pyrotechnic research worth celebrating in itself
News
Artificial enzymes close in on nature

2011-11-27T18:00:00Z

A de novo designed zinc-binding protein is the closest synthetic mimic yet of the carbonic anhydrase enzyme
News
Nanotubes with a split personality show solar promise

2011-10-20T19:00:00Z

Self-assembled semiconducting nanostructures with two distinct electronic domains form the first nanowire heterojunctions
News
Twist in the tale of improving gene therapy

2011-10-14T09:00:00Z

Unravelling the physical properties of DNA molecules can help to up the efficiency of gene delivery into living cells
News
Breathing life into medical devices

2011-09-29T11:13:00Z

Tiny piezoelectric polymer belts produce electricity from respiration
News
Zeolite catalysts under the fluorescence microscope

2011-09-18T14:06:00Z

A fluorescence imaging technique borrowed from the life sciences illuminates catalyst particle performance
News
Polymer side-chains on the slide

2011-09-15T13:22:00Z

Rotaxane research inspires polymer materials with dynamic, stimuli-responsive structures