Author Archives: Mark Peplow

Chemical & Engineering News: Bone nanostructure revealed by electron microscopy

Crystalline needles of bone mineral form helical patterns around collagen fibrils.

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Chemical & Engineering News: Scattered light weighs single biomolecules

Microscopy technique monitors protein aggregation and molecular binding in real time, without fluorescent tags.

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The digital underground

The virtual world behind London’s Crossrail, for Spectrum magazine.

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Looking for cheaper routes to malaria medicines

All the latest research on artemisinin, for Chemical & Engineering News.

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How fracking is upending the chemical industry

Nature article explores how chemists are adapting to the glut of shale gas.

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Chemical & Engineering News: Ultrasound triggers porous nanoparticles to attack tumors in mice

Metal-organic framework forms particle-embedded porphyrin-zinc complexes that generate reactive oxygen species.

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Chemical & Engineering News: Semiconductor silver sulfide stretches like metal

As the first known room-temperature ductile inorganic semiconductor, the material could boost flexible electronics applications.

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Chemistry World: What now for the world’s chemical weapons watchdog?

Attacks in Salisbury and Syria show that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons needs to evolve.

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Chemical & Engineering News: Catalyst frees hydrogen from seawater

New solar-powered electrolysis system avoids briny bugbears like chlorine production.

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Chemical & Engineering News: Astatine forms halogen bonds

Union between halogen and electron-donor could help develop radiotherapy agents that rely on the uncommon element.

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