All articles by David Bradley – Page 2

  • BN9's channel topology and pore structure
    News

    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

  • A thermometer in the snow
    News

    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

  • 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

  • Builders pouring cement
    News

    Making green cement

    2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

  • 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

  • Toys on a shelf
    News

    Wooden you know?

    2009-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

  • carbon nanotube
    News

    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

  • Batteries
    News

    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

  • Tree growing on landfill
    News

    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

  • 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

  • Heavy metal polluntants, such as the chromate ion, persist in Nature
    News

    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

  • 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

  • Graphene
    News

    Carbon unfurled

    2008-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

  • A dilution refrigerator
    News

    Superinsulators

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Titanium nitride films with superinsulating properties prevent short circuits

  • 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 gun - Lead-free gunshots challenge the forensic chemist
    News

    Lead-free gun crime

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

  • An alligator
    News

    Alligator aid to combat superbugs

    2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Alligator's blood is a potential source of new drugs

  • A shining wood floor
    News

    An unexpected source of PCB

    2008-03-01T00:00:00Z

    US researchers suggest that old wood floor finishes may be an overlooked source of the environmental pollutants polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

  • Barrels of wine
    News

    Toasting a good wine

    2008-03-01T00:00:00Z

    French chemists analyse how the toasting of oak staves used to make wine barrels affects the chemical composition of the wood and the final uncorked product

  • DNA nanorings
    News

    DNA nanorings

    2008-03-01T00:00:00Z

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