The terahertz gap: into the dead zone

New materials are opening up applications for terahertz radiation in the physical, biological and medical sciences. Joe McEntee reports | Continue reading


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Heating homes with hydrogen is neither cheap nor environmentally friendly

Review of 32 studies shows that heat pumps, solar energy or district heating are all better for low-carbon heating | Continue reading


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Visualising Nobel nomination archive: Who nominated whom for the biggest prize

Who nominated whom for the biggest prize in chemistry | Continue reading


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AI picks out fake science: help publishers fight fake scientific studies

Textual analysis tool flags manuscripts that may have come from paper mills | Continue reading


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Can we clean Covid from the air around us?

Nina Notman talks to the experts about what is needed to remove pollutants and even infectious diseases from the air inside our homes, schools and offices | Continue reading


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Benzene’s bond lengths corrected: Previously out by several milliangstroms

Sophisticated spectroscopic method shows that previously reported values were out by several milliangstroms | Continue reading


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Superheavy element flerovium is likely to be a liquid at room temperature

Element 114 predicted to be a volatile semiconductor with a melting point around 10°C | Continue reading


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Why AlphaFold won’t revolutionise drug discovery

Protein structure prediction is a hard problem, but even harder ones remain | Continue reading


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Botanists, chemists and historians recreate ancient alchemy of making mercury

Fourth century BC alchemical methods for obtaining metallic mercury from the mineral cinnabar revisited | Continue reading


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AI-generated images could make it almost impossible to detect fake papers

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3D printing adds another dimension

Nina Notman learns how 4D printing is opening the door to unique smart materials whose applications may only be limited by our imaginations | Continue reading


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More than 600 Russian scientists sign open letter against war with Ukraine

Researchers across Europe declare solidarity with Ukrainian colleagues | Continue reading


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Stabilisation of allotrope could be key to making lithium-sulfur batteries work

Gamma sulfur allows batteries to operate in conventional electrolyte without cell-killing side reactions | Continue reading


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Evidence for the existence of two forms of liquid water

Low temperature experiments with sugary solution reveal transition from low- to high-density states at pressure | Continue reading


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Criminal case against Chinese-born top MIT scientist collapses

US prosecutors dismiss criminal charges against nanotechnologist Gang Chen, saying they cannot meet the 'burden of proof at trial' | Continue reading


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NASA makes plans to return to Venus to probe the chemistry of its atmosphere

Probe set to launch in 2029 may be able to establish whether life ever existed there and answer the phosphine question | Continue reading


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Why eating a sleigh’s worth of candy canes is a bad idea

Like any compound, the festive flavour of peppermint can be harmful in high doses | Continue reading


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Deuterium molecules in superposition act as slits for classic quantum experiment

Researchers prepare 'new type of matter' to conduct classic wave-particle duality experiment | Continue reading


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Seeding oceans with volcanic ash could be new tool to tackle climate change

Tephra could encourage phytoplankton blooms that could potentially sequester huge amounts of carbon dioxide | Continue reading


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Nobel in Chemistry

Who won the Nobel prize in chemistry? Discover the science that made them a Nobel laureate with news, interviews and features from Chemistry World | Continue reading


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The poisons – real and fictional – used in Bond films

Kathryn Harkup explores the poisons - real and fictional - used in Bond films | Continue reading


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A Pint a Day (1996)

Sterile, free of toxic metals, isotonic and good for the heart, beer is undeserving of decades of bad press. | Continue reading


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Porous polymer offers methane storage solution

Cheap-to-make material exceeds US targets for natural gas storage thanks to flexible structure | Continue reading


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Hardest amorphous material can scratch even diamond

Compressing buckyballs at high temperatures makes ultra-hard and strong carbon materials | Continue reading


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The Dangers of Dimethylmercury

Looking back at how the death of Karen Wetterhahn changed lab safety | Continue reading


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Droplets swim with tentacles' stored heat energy

Microdroplets with retractable tendrils could help researchers understand how bacteria move | Continue reading


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Sub-zero water splitting marks a new dawn for solar hydrogen production

Method could provide a renewable energy source for the most remote and inhospitable locations in the world | Continue reading


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Searching For Superconductors With Supercomputers (2020)

What if most materials are superconductors under the right conditions, wonders José Flores-Livas | Continue reading


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Former NASA nanotechnologist jailed for hiding his China ties

US judge sentences senior Nasa scientist to 30 days imprisonment for lying about his participation in a Chinese talent programme | Continue reading


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Chemical Space Is big. Big. (2014)

You think it's a long way to the back of your screening libraries? That's peanuts to chemical space, says Derek Lowe | Continue reading


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Artificial intelligence system can predict the impact of research

Scientists say the system could be used to find 'hidden gems' of research and guide research funding allocations | Continue reading


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Doctoring the Doctorate

There are now more ways than ever before to complete your PhD, finds Kit Chapman | Continue reading


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Organised fraud hits scientific journals

Hundreds of fake research manuscripts from paper mills have flooded biochemical and biomedical journals in recent years. But how do you stop large-scale fraud barely anything is known about? | Continue reading


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Lightest uranium isotope yet reveals nuclear stability secrets

Discovery offers new insight into isotopic stability seen at 'magic numbers' | Continue reading


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Contact lenses with gold nanoparticles can help correct colour blindness

Soft lenses can correct red-green colour vision deficiency | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 3 years ago

Polar storm paralyses US Gulf Coast petrochemical sector

Days after 'icepocalypse' hit Texas, 75% of US ethylene capacity was still offline, as was 70% of its polypropylene and 40% of propylene production | Continue reading


@chemistryworld.com | 3 years ago

Solar cells perovskite films made at record low cost and speed

'First industrially relevant attempt' to scale up perovskite solar cell manufacturing makes 12 meters of material per minute, with one meter costing only $0.25 | Continue reading


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Raiders of the Lost Steel (2016)

The skills behind the legendary sharpness of wootz steel were once forgotten, but Andy Extance talks to the researchers unsheathing its secrets | Continue reading


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Moths draped in stealth acoustic cloak evade bat sonar

Two species have wing scales covered in a complex metamaterial | Continue reading


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Becoming a Science Entrepreneur (2017)

Five tips from the experts on going it alone | Continue reading


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A history of the electron: JJ and GP Thomson

A tale of two Thomsons | Continue reading


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Mechanochemistry shakes up carbon capture with simple way to trap gas

When ground in a ball mill, solid lysine traps carbon dioxide in a quick and reversible manner | Continue reading


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Chemist may become first woman in Congress with a natural science PhD

Head of the chemistry department at Stony Brook University in New York is locked in a tight race for a seat in the House of Representatives | Continue reading


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Universal chemistry software can turn words into chemicals

System could be the beginning of a brave new world of democratised chemistry | Continue reading


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Algorithm discovers how six molecules could evolve into life’s building blocks

Program shows how micelles, catalysts and self-replicating chemical systems emerge from abiotic precursors | Continue reading


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Combining Mass Spectrometry and Augmented Reality for Tumor Removal

Colour pixels help surgeons differentiate between cancerous and healthy tissue | Continue reading


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Largest hollow cage molecule yet made from 1000 atoms

Giant polyoxymetalate cluster contains 240 molybdenum, 740 oxygen and 20 sulfur atoms | Continue reading


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Atmospheric Water Harvesting

With drought threatening many parts of the world, Nina Notman explores technologies for sucking water out of thin air | Continue reading


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