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Chemistry World April 29, 2015 Andrea Sella |
Schott's glass Otto Schott was a German glassmaker (1851 -- 1935). He invented new types of glass that could reach the diffraction limit in lenses and withstand the toughest chemical conditions |
Chemistry World April 28, 2015 Jennifer Newton |
Defective by design Researchers in the UK and France have tuned the properties of a metal -- organic framework by deliberately engineering defects into its structure. |
Chemistry World April 27, 2015 Tom Wilson |
Fighting crime with covert nanowires Scientists in China have made invisible barcodes, which could prove useful in the fight against fraud and theft, out of nanowires. |
Chemistry World April 27, 2015 Jon Cartwright |
E-paper display draws on child's toy The idea behind the Magna Doodle has been given a new lease of life by scientists in Japan, who have created an electronic-paper version that could be used as a large interactive display for classrooms. |
Chemistry World April 21, 2015 James Urquhart |
Plant-inspired plastics take shape Shape-shifting plastics which respond to external stimuli, similar to how Venus flytraps ensnare prey and touch-me-nots fold their leaves inwards when touched, have come a step closer thanks to a new polymer. |
Chemistry World April 21, 2015 Osman Mohamed |
Ultrasound test echoes with battery charge Researchers in the US have shown that ultrasound echoes can indicate density changes to provide a simple and non-invasive method for measuring charge within any battery. |
Chemistry World April 20, 2015 Isobel Marr |
Membrane-less electrolyser set to disrupt water splitting Researchers in Switzerland have side-stepped membrane-cost issues getting in the way of sustainable water-splitting by designing a device that does without a membrane. |
Chemistry World April 9, 2015 Simon Hadlington |
Superatom mimics for rare earth elements Researchers in the US believe they may be able to create mimics of rare earth elements by making new 'superatoms' composed of atomic clusters of other metals. |
Information Today April 9, 2015 |
CERN and Elsevier Further Their OA Goals New open access articles cover fields such as nuclear physics, instrumentation, astroparticle physics, and scientific computing. |
Chemistry World April 7, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Super-fast charging aluminium batteries ready to take on lithium A new rival to the lithium-ion battery has been created that charges in under a minute and still performs almost perfectly after being recharged thousands of times. |
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