All articles by David Bradley – Page 2

  • The milky way viewed from the earth
    News

    To infinity and beyond

    2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Some of the most fascinating discoveries in chemistry have taken place among distant stars light years from Earth, in the clouds of cosmic dust and gas that separate these far off worlds from our own

  • Builders pouring cement
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    Making green cement

    2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Portuguese researchers use waste products from the paper industry to produce greener cement

  • Bars of pure gold
    News

    Gold standard diagnosis

    2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemists use gold nanoparticles to help medics detect a marker molecule for prostate cancer

  • A thermometer in the snow
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    Faraday's hot science in the ultracold

    2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Promising new research into the properties of molecules close to absolute zero could offer up new insights into the nature of matter

  • BN9's channel topology and pore structure
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    Solid silica sponge

    2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemists in Singapore and Sweden synthesise unique silica material with sponge like properties which could have applications in separation science, catalysis and drug delivery

  • Tree growing on landfill
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    A green cap for landfills

    2009-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Australian scientists cap landfill sites in arid regions with trees and plants to absorb the greenhouse gases methane and carbon dioxide

  • Batteries
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    Discharged chemical cocktail

    2009-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Researchers in Portugal use atomic absorption spectroscopy to identify the chemical cocktail of gases released when used alkaline batteries are incinerated

  • carbon nanotube
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    Chemistry goes tubular

    2009-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemists in Germany use carbon nanotubes to activate butane, and thus make useful precursor molecules for pharma industry, without the need for expensive catalysts

  • Toys on a shelf
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    Wooden you know?

    2009-03-01T00:00:00Z

    German scientists produce new materials that look and behave like plastics from 'liquid wood'

  • The source of green fluorescent protein - Aequorea victoria
    News

    Nobel chemists get the green light

    2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The discovery of the green fluorescent protein, which is providing researchers with new insight into various diseases, wins 2008 Nobel chemistry prize

  • Graphene
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    Carbon unfurled

    2008-11-01T00:00:00Z

    US scientists use scanning tunnelling microscopy to reveal the electronic properties of graphene

  • Fibre-optic cables
    News

    Communicating with logical chemistry

    2008-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Italian chemists build a simple glowing molecule that promises to speed up data transmission

  • Heavy metal polluntants, such as the chromate ion, persist in Nature
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    Mopping up heavy metals

    2008-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Chinese chemists develop magnetic 'nanomould' particles to clean up toxic chromium compounds from industrial waste water

  • An alligator
    News

    Alligator aid to combat superbugs

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Alligator's blood is a potential source of new drugs

  • A gun - Lead-free gunshots challenge the forensic chemist
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    Lead-free gun crime

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    US forensic chemists develop a fast and cheap method for identifying gunshot residues

  • Hydrogen molecules (green) adsorbed onto MOF-74, which comprises carbon atoms (grey) with columns of zinc ions (blue)
    The Mole

    Hydrogen tanks

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Metal-organic compounds, the key to hydrogen-powered cars

  • A dilution refrigerator
    News

    Superinsulators

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Titanium nitride films with superinsulating properties prevent short circuits

  • The first exTT-based receptor for fullerene, shown in its two possible binding modes
    News

    Buckyball necklace

    2008-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemists in Spain synthesise a new type of polymer material by stringing together fullerene molecules

  • Rich Diver assembles a prototype device designed to re-energise chemically carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, a building block to synthesise a liquid combustible fuel
    News

    Converting sunshine into petrol

    2008-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Research done at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US, hints at a new way to make petrol using nothing more than sunshine and thin air

  • DNA nanorings
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    DNA nanorings

    2008-03-01T00:00:00Z

    German researchers develop a simple approach to making rigid DNA nanorings with tailor-made functionality