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Fred Turner on his homebuilt PCR machine

April 14, 2014
Insight
Fred Turner, an undergraduate studying biochemistry at the University of Oxford was recently listed in the 100 leading practising scientists – we find out why. You’ve just been listed in...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Interviews
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Borophene competition to graphene

February 21, 2014
News
Chemists have produced the first experimental evidence of the existence of borophene – a single-atom sheet of boron. Taking the form of a hexagonal symmetrical disc with a hole in...
Chemistry
Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
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3D printing boost from cheap titanium powder

January 22, 2014
News
The high cost of titanium powder has prohibited its use in 3D printing – with plastics being the preferred alternative – but Rotherham-based Metalysis have developed a new way to...
Chemistry, Materials
Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Science
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‘Swiss army knife’ secret of RNA polymerase I

December 19, 2013
News
The 3-dimensional structure of a molecular machine scientists have likened to the Swiss army knife has been visualised in high-resolution for the first time.RNA polymerase I incorporates modules which prevent...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Chemistry
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Unexpected boron coupling reaction

November 28, 2013
News
Two positively charged compounds of boron have been joined to form a chain of four boron atoms in a previously unknown coupling reaction.In synthetic chemistry, element-element bonding is exploited to...
Chemistry
Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
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Science Nobels awarded

November 6, 2013
News
This year’s sciences Nobel Prizes were shared between eight scientists with discoveries ranging from how cells organise their transport systems to complex chemical systems and, perhaps unsurprisingly, to the proposers...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Physiology
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Organic solar cells in a spin

September 13, 2013
News
Manipulating the ‘spin’ of electrons in organic solar cells can drastically improve their performance, say researchers from Cambridge and Washington. Their findings may have implications in cheap, high performing solar...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Physics, Thermodynamics
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Primordial soup secret revealed

May 10, 2013
News
Scientists may have cracked a common conundrum about how objects from space could have kindled life on Earth.The study, led by Leeds University, revealed how a chemical, similar to one...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry, Physics
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Spray-painting solar cells

March 23, 2013
News
University of Sheffield researchers have made solar cells using a spray painting-like process. The method could significantly reduce the cost of solar cells meaning the technology could be provided to...
Chemistry
Chemistry, Green Chemistry
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A pleasant aroma relies on good vibrations

March 6, 2013
News
The way molecules vibrate, rather than their shape is responsible for giving substances their characteristic smell according to research conducted at UCL. The researchers tested whether altering how a molecule...
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry
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