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A light touch

September 28, 2018
Researchers at the European Graphene Flagship have designed a molecule that can reversibly undergo chemical transformations when illuminated with light. This molecule – a photoswitchable spiropyran– can be anchored to...

Renewable energy branches out

December 4, 2017
A team from the US have found a way to convert one of the World’s most abundant polymer – lignin –into a renewable biomass source.

New sustainable catalysis moves away from rare earth metals

February 1, 2017
A team of scientists at the University of Huddersfield have developed a new chemical reaction that is catalysed by the use of simple iron salts.

Artificial nose capable of detecting nerve gas created

July 14, 2016
An electronic ‘nose’ has been created by scientists in Belgium to detect molecules found in pesticides and nerve gas.

IUPAC names new elements

June 8, 2016
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has proposed the names for four recently discovered elements.

Ultracold molecules hint at quantum behaviour

June 30, 2015
By achieving the lowest temperature ever recorded, scientists have managed to create ultracold molecules which seem to exist in exotic state.  A research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Borophene competition to graphene

February 21, 2014
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...

3D printing boost from cheap titanium powder

January 22, 2014
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...

Unexpected boron coupling reaction

November 28, 2013
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...

Water’s pyramid shape confirmed

February 14, 2013
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have confirmed the original model of the molecular structure of water. The findings have made it possible to resolve a long-standing scientific debate...

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