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Nanoparticles

August 15, 2016
Transmission electron microscopy image showing self-assembled diblock copolymer nanoparticles.

Faster heart attack detection device launched

June 2, 2016
A new device has been released to inform clinicians if a patient has suffered a heart attack within a 10 minute period.

Upgraded spectrometer able to analyse outer space

May 18, 2016
A spectrometer has had its capabilities extended to identify large, complex molecular structures found in explosives, fuels, and gases around stars.

Antarctic fungi survive Martian conditions

February 11, 2016
Antarctic fungi have spent 18 months on the ISS, managing to survive under Mars-like conditions.

Seeing real time bond formation

March 25, 2015
Researchers have visualised real time bond formation in an entire chemical reaction. Chemists at the Institute for Basic Science for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions in South Korea used X-ray free-electron...

Chemical reactions in a trillionth of a second

March 13, 2015
Scientists have developed a method that allows observation of chemical reactions on a trillionth of a second timescale. Researchers at the University of Bristol combined ultrafast spectroscopy and computer simulations...

Star-shaped molecule created after 25 year effort

October 2, 2014
A complex star-shaped molecule of interlocking rings has been created at the University of Manchester following a quarter of a century of research. The molecule, dubbed the Star of David,...

Superheavy element pairing probes Einstein’s relativity

September 30, 2014
Chemists probing the predictive power of trends in the Periodic Table have successfully established a chemical bond between a superheavy element and a carbon atom. The pairing, between seaborgium and...

Splitting water based on nuclear spin

September 19, 2014
Separation of water based on the nuclear spin of individual molecules has been made possible thanks to what scientists are dubbing an electric prism. Water exists in two nuclear spin...

A pleasant aroma relies on good vibrations

March 6, 2013
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...

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