All articles by James Mitchell Crow – Page 4
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NewsBringing cheap high-throughput catalyst screens to the masses
Rapid reaction screening approach automates the accidental discovery of new catalytic reactions
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FeatureDiamonds are for everything
No longer valued simply for its glamour and durability, diamond is turning its hand to applications in solar power, laser design and bionic eyes. James Mitchell Crow reports
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Bacteria create missing 'atmospheric brooms' that sweep the sky clean
The puzzle of where key chemical species that remove pollutants from the atmosphere come from may have been solved
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MOFs ready to gulp down radioactive iodine gas
A metal-organic framework has been created that could trap radioactive isotopes of iodine produced by nuclear power plants
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Sequencing chip decodes DNA proton by proton
pH-sensing silicon chips could make the $1000 genome a reality in just two years
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FeatureRedesigning nature's catalysts
Harnessing the power of enzymes to perform reactions outside their normal abilities is adding powerful tools to the synthetic chemist's armoury. James Mitchell Crow investigates
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Nanoparticles scrub up a treat in hot water bath
A wash in hot water is all it takes to clean up gold nanoparticles and improve their catalytic activity
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Polymer caterpillar crawls in humid weather
A polymer sandwich that responds to changes in humidity can 'crawl' carrying 120 times its own weight
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Hatching a plan to kill worm pests
Chemists have synthesised a complex molecule that hatches the eggs of a nematode pest before it destroys crops
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FeatureWhen is a catalyst not a catalyst?
This riddle has come to vex certain corners of the catalysis community. But once solved, it could potentially point to new kinds of chemistry, as James Mitchell Crow discovers
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Managing change: Chemistry down under
Australia has a flourishing academic sector, and the weather's better than in the UK. What's not to love? asks recent émigré
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Waste not, want not
Modern devices waste a lot of energy as heat, noise and vibration. James Mitchell Crow investigates a new breed of energy scavenging materials that could recapture some of it
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Profile: Diversity, variety and collaboration
Typecasting has never been a problem for Sally Gras, whose interests have ranged from fluid mechanics and protein misfolding to cheese making, discovers James Mitchell Crow
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FeaturePicture perfect pentacene
Advances in microscopy are letting us see not just atoms but the chemical bonds in between them. James Mitchell Crow takes a closer look
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Drug delivery: from needles to nanorods?
Hot gold nanorods could help doctors to deliver drugs and vaccines through the skin
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DNA readers ratchet closer
Nanopore DNA sequencers are on the verge of becoming a reality, as controlling DNA strand movement through the pore is finally cracked
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STFC cuts funds to key facilities
ISIS cut to just 120 days of operation per year as budget cuts bite
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Sustainable research creeps closer
New regulations mean labs will have to become greener - but the benefits could be financial as well as environmental
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Reinvesting in the future
Northern Ireland-based Almac is ploughing the profits from its pharmaceutical support divisions into a range of new research ventures. James Mitchell Crow visits the company