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Chemistry World October 4, 2013 Andrea Sella |
Michelson's interferometer Today, Michelson's legacy is everywhere: miniature descendants of his apparatus sit in our infrared spectrometers, interference fringes betray the secrets of excited atoms, and continent-sized interferometers scan the universe. |
Chemistry World October 3, 2013 Emily James |
Water's viscosity down to its container - at least at the nanoscale Scientists in the US have discovered that water's viscosity is affected by the material its container is made from. |
Chemistry World October 3, 2013 Laura Howes |
Twisting molecules for faster reactions Physical chemists in Germany and Switzerland have combined two different techniques to investigate the reactivities of different conformers -- and found one reaction that went 50% faster for one conformer over the other. |
Chemistry World October 2, 2013 Michael Parkin |
Insect-powered microtweezers Scientists in Japan have developed the first biohybrid microdevice that can function in air. The microtweezers powered by insect muscle tissue could be used to handle cells and other fragile objects as part of a microelectromechanical system. |
Chemistry World October 1, 2013 Patrick Walter |
Malvern sizes up Nanosight fit Malvern Instruments has bought nanoparticle characterization firm Nanosight. Nanosight's principal technology provides measurements of nanoparticle size down to 10nm. |
Chemistry World October 1, 2013 Philip Ball |
Crystallography 101 What is perhaps most striking about x-ray crystallography is that in 100 years of existence its significance has only increased. |
Chemistry World September 27, 2013 Emma Stoye |
First carbon nanotube computer Researchers in the US have unveiled the first computer to be built entirely from carbon nanotube transistors. |
Chemistry World September 26, 2013 Akshat Rathi |
First pictures of hydrogen bonds unveiled Researchers in China report the first visualization of a hydrogen bond using atomic force microscopy. |
Chemistry World September 26, 2013 Angharad Rosser-James |
Kelvin's water dropper miniaturized on a chip European scientists have modified an old experiment and converted pneumatic pressure into electrical power, which could one day help power microfluidic devices. |
Chemistry World September 23, 2013 Raphael Levy |
Gold nanoparticles for physics, chemistry and biology The varied perspectives in this textbook combine to give an agreeable read and a solid foundation in this topic. |
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