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Chemistry World September 3, 2015 Elisabeth Ratcliffe |
Electric switch makes helix change hands Application of an electric field in the direction opposite to that of the macrodipole reverses the handedness of the structure. |
Chemistry World September 1, 2015 Jon Cartwright |
Electrostatic net kills resistant mosquitoes A mosquito net that binds insecticides with electrostatic forces could be a significant step towards eradicating tropical diseases like malaria and dengue, according to the researchers who have developed it. |
Chemistry World August 28, 2015 Andrea Sella |
Lippmann's electrometer Gabriel Lippmann Luxembourger physicist (1845 -- 1921). Invented a mercury-based electrometer and won the Nobel prize for developing color photography. |
Chemistry World August 27, 2015 Jon Cartwright |
AFM pictures show bond polarity Researchers in Germany and the Czech Republic have improved the clarity of atomic force microscopy to probe the distribution of charges within atoms and molecules. |
Chemistry World August 27, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Nanoscale microscopy casts light on cellular dynamics Scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, US, have fine tuned an off-shoot of their super-resolution microscopy technique to image dynamic processes within the cell membrane for the first time. |
Chemistry World August 27, 2015 Christopher Barnard |
Individual microRNA molecules detected with a single microbead An elegant strategy for detecting minuscule quantities of microRNA using just a single functionalized microbead could be an important innovation for biomedical research and molecular diagnostics. |
Chemistry World August 24, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Ultralight solar cells designed to drive drones An ultrathin, flexible, stretchable and lightweight 'solar foil' has been produced from perovskite solar cells by researchers in Austria. |
Chemistry World August 24, 2015 Kira Welter |
Trapped nanoparticles could bring 'wet' computing a step closer Scientists in Switzerland have developed a way to quickly and reliably store, read, erase and rewrite information using colloidal nanoparticles. |
Chemistry World August 21, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Cancer biomarker counted up with the naked eye The new technique uses genetically-modified fluorescent viruses to label biomarkers of disease, allowing them to be spotted by eye with an accuracy that is comparable to quantitative polymerase chain reaction. |
Chemistry World August 21, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Coating can drive down white LED light prices The cost of white LED lighting may be set to fall as scientists in the US have created an LED coating made from a relatively cheap luminescent metal -- organic framework. |
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