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Chemistry World May 22, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Xenon doubled up with water Creating a water molecule with two noble gas atoms interpolated into its structure sounds an improbable feat, but a international team of researchers now claim to have trapped just such an exotic compound in xenon.  |
Chemistry World May 29, 2015 Andy Extance |
Noble gas joins I -hole interaction crowd Despite noble gases' characteristic unreactivity, Spanish chemists have calculated that molecules containing xenon can interact non-covalently through what they've called 'aerogen bonding'.  |
Chemistry World April 23, 2014 Tim Wogan |
New solution to missing xenon paradox A new answer to where Earth's missing xenon has gone -- the planet's atmosphere contains less than 10% of the gas anticipated -- has been put forward.  |
Chemistry World March 1, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Earth's missing xenon could be hiding in quartz For decades scientists have known that the abundance of xenon is curiously lower than predicted from comparisons with the other noble gases. Now chemists in Canada have evidence that it is residing in the ground beneath our feet.  |
Chemistry World April 2, 2012 Jon Cartwright |
Hydrogen That Mimics Graphene Researchers claim to have discovered a new phase of hydrogen in which the diatomic molecules break apart to form six-atom rings, similar to graphene. The new phase, which occurs at very high pressures, could be a stepping stone towards a long-sought after phase: metallic hydrogen.  |
Chemistry World March 24, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
A crowded neighbourhood US researchers have broken the record for a compound with the highest coordination number - the number of neighbours an atom is capable of binding to.  |
Chemistry World June 25, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Z machine puts the squeeze on metallic deuterium Scientists in the US and Germany have successfully transformed liquid deuterium into a metal at pressures rivaling those at the center of our own planet.  |
Chemistry World November 29, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Pressure cooker produces new metal hydride By squeezing iridium and hydrogen together under ultra-high pressures, researchers have produced a novel metal hydride with an unusually high hydrogen content and an unconventional structure.  |
Chemistry World December 23, 2014 Matthew Gunther |
Hydrogen superconductivity hammered out on diamond anvil Hydrogen-rich compounds under extreme pressure may be better superconductors than the best conventional ones around, according to scientists in Germany.  |
Chemistry World November 3, 2010 Andy Extance |
Hydrogen bond set to be redefined The world authority on chemical nomenclature is preparing to scrap the familiar hydrogen bond definition, in light of recent evidence about its true nature.  |
Chemistry World June 25, 2013 Laura Howes |
Van der Waals forces between atoms measured Lucas Beguin and co-workers at the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Palaiseau, France, however, have developed a new way of measuring these forces.  |
Chemistry World September 14, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
World's Longest Carbon-Carbon Bond Created Harnessing both attractive and repulsive forces enabled chemists to make a carbon-carbon bond 30 per cent long than normal.  |
Chemistry World March 2011 |
Column: The crucible Chemistry cannot all be reduced to physics, argues Philip Ball  |
Chemistry World December 4, 2006 Richard Van Noorden |
Hydrogen Gets Promiscuous Hydrogen is a more promiscuous element than chemists have appreciated: it can form up to six strong chemical bonds in some solids, researchers report.  |
Chemistry World October 20, 2013 David Bradley |
Will the sky fall as Dr says no to strong 'bond' Just how strong are non-covalent interactions that control supramolecular complexes and protein structure? Perhaps not as strong as chemists previously thought, according to UK chemists.  |
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 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 October 11, 2012 Andy Extance |
Perovskite posits answer to xenon riddle If meteorites and the Earth were formed from similar materials at the same time, where did the xenon go? Some scientists think that the answer could be found in xenon trapped in the Earth's iron core, or in ice, water or rocks near the surface.  |
Chemistry World January 29, 2015 Santiago Alvarez |
What we mean when we talk about bonds The chemical bond is still a matter of lively debate among chemists, even a century after Gilbert Lewis introduced his electron pair bonding concept.  |
Chemistry World November 14, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Chemists claim metallic hydrogen creation first For over a century, scientists have said it should be possible to turn hydrogen into a metal. Now, a pair of chemists in Germany claim to have finally performed the feat, although others remain skeptical.  |
Chemistry World April 26, 2011 Manisha Lalloo |
Pnicogens link up as new bond is discovered German researchers have discovered a chemical oddity - a new type of intramolecular interaction between group 15 atoms, which is as strong as a hydrogen bond. These interactions could be used to build supramolecular structures.  |
Chemistry World September 7, 2006 Tom Westgate |
Molecular Framework Sucks up Hydrogen Researchers have now developed a coordination framework material that is the best yet in terms of hydrogen storage. However, the materials currently require low temperatures to achieve the high loading of hydrogen.  |
Chemistry World August 28, 2014 |
Trekking across chemical frontiers Thinking about getting molecules to where they need to go is a new concept for the novice process chemist, but is familiar to chemical engineers as mass transfer.  |
Chemistry World June 1, 2012 Derek Lowe |
Peace, love and understanding You'd think that the chemists and biologists working in drug discovery would understand each other pretty well by now. You would be wrong about that.  |
Technology Research News June 4, 2003 |
Study shows DNA will fill tubes Researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Germany have shown by computer simulation that it is possible to insert DNA into a carbon nanotube.  |
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 June 9, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Super sponges soak up gas Researchers in the US have shown that a recently discovered class of compound based on light elements can store gas at least as efficiently as the most promising metal organic framework candidates.  |
Chemistry World October 2007 Bernard Bulkin |
Can Chemistry Save the Planet? If we are to scale back our greenhouse gas emissions without society juddering to a halt, 21st century transport will need 21st century fuels. And of all the sciences, it is chemistry that is best placed to deliver them.  |
Chemistry World November 16, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Tantalizing Boost for Hydrogen Storage US chemists have announced the discovery of a new hydrogen-storage material, which they say stores large amounts of the gas at room temperature.  |
Chemistry World October 3, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
Assessing covalency in the hydrogen bond zoo Worried that the concept of hydrogen bonding has been getting fuzzier over time, scientists in Germany have sought a fresh look at the very nature of these bonds, and how much covalency they involve.  |
Technology Research News January 15, 2003 Eric Smalley |
Metal stores more hydrogen One reason the world isn't running on hydrogen fuel is that it's hard to store. Researchers from the National University of Singapore have made an accidental discovery that brings the promise of clean hydrogen energy a big step forward.  |
Chemistry World February 27, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Supercharging methanol for fuel cells Scientists in Germany and Italy have discovered a way to derive hydrogen gas from methanol at low temperatures and pressures using soluble ruthenium-based 'pincer' catalysts.  |
Scientific American Steven Ashley |
Solid (State) Progress Hydrogen-fuel storage for cars gets a materials boost.  |
Chemistry World November 5, 2007 Ned Stafford |
Joining up Nanocircuits A team of scientists have covalently bonded strings of porphyrin molecules on a gold surface -- a step forward in the quest to develop nano-electronics.  |
Technology Research News November 17, 2004 |
Low-Pressure Material Holds Hydrogen One key to using hydrogen as a fuel is finding practical ways to store it. Researchers have discovered a kinetic trapping effect that allows hydrogen to be adsorbed.  |
Chemistry World October 2008 Derek Lowe |
Column: In the pipeline The author seeks a cure for 'compound bloat'  |
Chemistry World October 28, 2014 Derek Lowe |
Chemical space is big. Really big. We are not going to run out of interesting and useful structures, and the uses that they could be put to are probably also beyond our imagining. In chemical space, we really do have an effectively endless frontier.  |
Chemistry World December 12, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Iron Oxide Succumbs to the Gentle Touch Chemists in Japan and France have produced a new iron oxide with a sheet-like structure that could be used in fuel cells and sensors.  |
Chemistry World September 3, 2014 Hayley Simon |
Noble treatment for PTSD Xenon may one day become a promising new treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder following an investigation by researchers at Harvard Medical School, US.  |
Chemistry World October 19, 2006 Richard Van Noorden |
Great Leap Forward for MRI Imaging Magnetic resonance imaging could one day be used to track individual molecules in the body, thanks to a dramatic increase in the technique's sensitivity.  |
Chemistry World August 2009 Derek Lowe |
Column: In the pipeline The author considers what makes a good looking drug molecule - and how beauty is in the eye of the beholder  |
Chemistry World January 28, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Water spilt with aluminium Aluminium clusters' ability to split water molecules and release hydrogen is dictated by the geometric arrangement of active sites on their surface, US scientists have discovered.  |
Chemistry World July 26, 2012 Derek Lowe |
Screen shots You might not think that the makeup of a compound screening collection could set off many arguments, but there are a few issues there that will do the trick almost every time.  |
Chemistry World April 25, 2013 Andreas Barth |
Chemical bibliometrics Counting compounds instead of publications and citations opens new perspectives for data-based scientific discovery and it can complement and stimulate both experimental and theoretical research.  |
Chemistry World September 25, 2015 Derek Lowe |
Spice up your compounds You and your team are optimizing a lead compound, as medicinal chemists are wont to do -- varying its structure to improve its potency, selectivity and other properties.  |
Chemistry World November 13, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Hydrogen From Sewage Hits Production Records Scientists have drastically improved the efficiency of bacteria-powered fuel cells that convert biodegradable organic matter into hydrogen gas. They hope their discovery will make it possible to generate hydrogen from sewage, sustainably and on a large scale.  |
Chemistry World May 27, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Unusual H-bond patterns revealed in single molecule image Researchers in the US have used a scanning tunnelling microscope to produce the latest images of structure and bonding in a single molecule, by sensing the molecule's local potential energy landscape.  |
Chemistry World May 11, 2006 Jon Evans |
Sea Water Assumes the Xenon Mantle Geochemists have uncovered evidence that sea water incorporates noble gases into the Earth's mantle, overturning current theories of how noble gases are transported beneath the crust.  |
Popular Mechanics April 1, 2008 Chris Ladd |
Nano Tanks Could Store Hydrogen in Microscopic 'Soccer Balls' While hydrogen gas and fuel cells remain far-off realities for solving the fuel crunch, new computer models of interlocked carbon chambers have proven to store hydrogen at similar pressures to the cores of huge planets.  |
Chemistry World April 2009 Derek Lowe |
Column: In the pipeline The author considers the problems of addressing drug development out of sequence  |