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Chemistry World December 23, 2008 Tom Westgate |
Gallium and uranium join forces A molecule featuring the first ever uranium-gallium bond may shed light on how related carbene ligands selectively extract uranium from lanthanides  |
Chemistry World July 11, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Elusive terminal uranium nitride found The compound is important because its ceramic state, uranium mononitride, is a candidate for nuclear fuels of the future.  |
Chemistry World June 28, 2012 Jennifer Newton |
Extracting nuclear energy from seawater It's estimated that there's more than 4.5 billion tons of uranium in the ocean. US scientists have used a ligand that can form a complex with a uranyl ion to enable uranium to be extracted from seawater.  |
Chemistry World August 9, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Ligand could trap actinides from spent nuclear fuel Is the problem of highly radioactive nuclear waste on the verge of being solved?  |
Chemistry World June 15, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Bonding behavior unlocked for uranium -- arsenic complex The discovery may help to improve the performance of chemical treatments used to recycle nuclear waste.  |
Reactive Reports November 2007 David Bradley |
Organic Uranium The first ever uranium methylidyne molecule has been synthesized by US chemists despite the reactivity of the heavy, heavy metal.  |
Chemistry World March 28, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Precursor boost for uranium chemistry The study of uranium chemistry should become significantly easier thanks to researchers in the US who have discovered a simple way to make key precursors to a wide range of low valency uranium compounds.  |
Chemistry World April 29, 2009 Matt Wilkinson |
World's first 'naked' uranium-transition metal bond formed UK scientists have made 'naked' uranium-transition metal bonds, providing vital evidence that valence orbitals can play a role in actinide bonding.  |
Chemistry World May 5, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Actinide specialists crystallize uranium(VI) nitride Chemists in the UK have succeeded in isolating stable crystals of the triply-bonded nitride of uranium in its +6 oxidation state -- the first time that this has been done.  |
Chemistry World August 8, 2008 Fred Campbell |
Uncovering uranium's unusual bonding Delving into the exotic world of f-block chemical bonding, US researchers have successfully isolated the first unsupported uranium-aluminum bond within an organometallic framework.  |
Chemistry World June 28, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
UK chemists tame terminal uranium nitride UK chemists have made the world's first terminal uranium nitride complex that is stable at room temperature.  |
Chemistry World March 17, 2011 Elinor Richards |
Cleaning up nuclear storage ponds UK scientists have analysed the chemistry taking place in storage ponds at nuclear power sites, such as Sellafield, to come up with a way to remove radioactive waste as nuclear regulatory bodies are pressing on the nuclear industry to clean up the ponds.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 45 |
Star Picks Chemistry Web sites: Chemists Celebrate Earth Day: Resources... Doing Chemistry... Chemistry Question...  |
Chemistry World March 8, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
Double whammy blow to US nuclear science Nuclear science in the US has been dealt a double blow with the announcement of huge budget cuts at the Los Alamos National Laboratory coming hard on the heels of the mothballing of a multi-billion dollar research facility at the lab.  |
Chemistry World June 5, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
The Attraction of Gold for Gold Researchers are unravelling some of the fundamental chemistry surrounding a key but poorly understood aspect of the coordination chemistry of gold -- the weak `aurophilic' interactions between adjacent atoms of Au(I) in organic complexes.  |
Chemistry World November 20, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Nuclear waste research resurfaces The UK government's recent announcement of a significant expansion for nuclear power generation has rekindled the debate over the safe disposal of radioactive waste.  |
Chemistry World November 11, 2015 Aurora Walshe |
H 2-free route to actinide hydrides Scientists in the US have shown that phenylsilane is a safer and more convenient replacement for hydrogen gas when synthesizing uranium and thorium hydrides.  |
National Defense January 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Future of Nuclear Energy Hinges on Recycling Technology The industry's Achilles' heel is the radioactive waste that is produced in the process of generating power, experts say.  |
Chemistry World February 6, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Nuclear Storage: Ready, Willing, Able, and Undecided A report into the UK's long term nuclear waste storage plans has concluded there are no insurmountable technical barriers to storing nuclear waste deep underground. Between a third and two-thirds of the UK is geologically suitable for storing waste.  |
Chemistry World April 22, 2015 Cesar Palmero |
Photoacoustic nanoparticles highlight uranium in the body Nanoparticles that can be detected with photoacoustic imaging when they complex with uranium ions could open the door to new plans of action after radiological incidents, like Chernobyl or Fukushima, US researchers claim.  |
Chemistry World January 10, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Atomic Inspection for Nuclear Waste Storage Scientists have announced a new way to assess the safety of storing nuclear waste. Already, the method has shown that the ceramic mineral zircon, a candidate for storing nuclear waste for over 250,000 years, would lose its ordered structure in a far shorter time.  |
Chemistry World July 31, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Bury Radioactive Waste, UK Government Told Radioactive waste should be stored deep underground at sites where local communities have had the opportunity to participate in, and even withdraw from, the planning process.  |
Chemistry World October 26, 2006 Richard Van Noorden |
Plutonium Hitchhikers Take the Fast Stream The radioactive element plutonium can travel through groundwater despite its low solubility: it hitches a ride on tiny colloid particles in the water.  |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2011 Sean Williams |
Uranium Energy Shares Run the Risk of a Full Meltdown As a whole, the uranium sector looks like it's poised for more pain after the situation in Germany.  |
Chemistry World December 17, 2008 James Mitchell Crow |
Cutting edge chemistry in 2008 What were the biggest chemical breakthroughs published by scientists during 2008?  |
Chemistry World November 28, 2008 Manisha Lalloo |
Elusive cation caught in a cage Chemists have isolated the elusive and highly reactive germanium dication by trapping it in a molecular cage.  |
Chemistry World September 2, 2013 Laura Howes |
New oxidation state of uranium discovered The new +2 oxidation state, sought for over 30 years, has been seen fleetingly in the gas phase but until now it has not been observed in molecular species in solution.  |
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Peter Fairley |
Nuclear Wasteland With visions of nuclear electricity "too cheap to meter" long gone, the case for breeder reactors has shifted from creation of new fuels to management of spent fuels. The French are recycling nuclear waste. Should other countries follow suit?  |
Chemistry World March 2011 |
Column: The crucible Chemistry cannot all be reduced to physics, argues Philip Ball  |
Chemistry World March 22, 2012 Ross McLaren |
Back to the future: old reactions to help the new Researchers from the US have delved into the history of organic chemistry to help chemists better predict the effect that functional groups will have on one another within a molecule.  |
Popular Mechanics June 15, 2009 Andrew Moseman |
10 Geekiest Elements Ever Created in a Lab The periodic table doesn't end at 92 -- not even close. Last week the official tally reached 112  |
Scientific American December 18, 2006 Graham P. Collins |
Kim's Big Fizzle The Physics Behind A Nuclear Dud: The North Koreans produced some kind of a nuclear damp squib. What could have gone wrong depends on the nuclear fuel used.  |
Chemistry World February 5, 2007 Tom Westgate |
DNA-Based Detection for Uranium A portable sensor for the most common form of uranium could give conventional lab-based analytical methods a run for their money, predict researchers.  |
Chemistry World June 2008 Sarah Houlton |
Breaking the rules The author finds out about some chemical tricks that can give a new drug the best possible odds of success  |
Chemistry World May 15, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
New Research Centres for UK Chemistry Two research centres hoping to add new dimensions to UK chemistry were officially launched last week.  |
Chemistry World May 25, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Keeping it Green Some chemistry enthusiastically labeled as green may be nothing of the kind, warn researchers who worry that mediocre -- if well-meaning -- science is damaging their subject.  |
Chemistry World August 14, 2012 Andy Extance |
Carbon clusters score lucky seven US and Chinese chemists say that they've calculated the structure of a stable carbon dication that would have a higher coordination number than any yet seen experimentally.  |
Popular Mechanics February 27, 2008 Joanna Borns |
Florida Outage Aside, New Plants Pave Clean Road for Nuke Power The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) just offered its annual outlook for the future of nuclear power, and it's optimistic.  |
Chemistry World February 27, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Future Applications for CO Blue-Skies Surprise A catalytic system to turn carbon monoxide into fine-chemicals feedstocks could be developed within months, say researchers. The system would alleviate pressure on dwindling crude oil supplies, they predict.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 60 David Bradley |
Mark Leach Interview with the owner of Meta-Synthesis, a company aimed to reveal the inner secrets of chemistry to as wide an audience as possible.  |
Chemistry World November 3, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Organic synthesis set for auto-pilot Peptides are routinely made by machines that couple together amino acid components. Could organic synthesis ever get this simple?  |
Chemistry World March 6, 2013 Jon Evans |
Data challenges for UK chemists Academic chemists in the UK have a problem with data. That's the claim made by a report that says that both in terms of managing and sharing data produced by their own laboratories and accessing data produced by others, chemists are all at sea.  |
Chemistry World August 2010 |
Let's get physical The field of physical chemistry is booming, as more and more scientists seek to understand their work on a molecular level  |
Chemistry World October 30, 2009 Ned Stafford |
Celebrating chemistry There's a big birthday celebration happening in Marburg, Germany, today, attended by about 800 chemists, to commemorate the birth of chemistry as an academic subject.  |
Chemistry World July 25, 2014 Polly Wilson |
Uranium complexes unlock feedstock potential of carbon dioxide European scientists have synthesized uranium complexes that take them a step closer to producing commodity chemicals from carbon dioxide.  |
IEEE Spectrum August 2010 Adee & Guizzo |
Nuclear Reactor Renaissance Nuclear reactor design is poised for a desperately needed revival. Here are seven contenders  |
Chemistry World December 2011 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Editorial: The End of a Good Start Chemistry can and should be celebrated every day.  |
IEEE Spectrum July 2008 Sally Adee |
U.S. Critics Hope to Halt Nuclear-Waste Imports Utah firm wants Italian isotopes  |
Chemistry World January 2009 Richard Van Noorden |
Editorial: Sustainable connection The interface between chemistry and engineering is more important than ever.  |
Chemistry World January 2012 |
A new year and a new dawn As the International Year of Chemistry drew to a close last year, we were delighted to see the future of chemistry in the UK being bolstered with two universities planning to reopen their chemistry departments  |