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InternationalS(tea)ping against metals
Some cultures serve a cup of tea with every meal. Recently, researchers at Northwestern University discovered that tea can filter out some of the heavy metals. As well as being tasty, a cup of tea now seems to have another small health benefit.
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InternationalProtective bubbles
Fatty tissue is an important energy reserve. But it also acts as a super-strength protective ‘bubble wrap’ for fragile parts of the skeleton.
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InternationalWell marinated
Single-cell techniques offer many possibilities, but it is difficult to reach all the cells inside organs. Researchers at MIT have developed a new approach that brings those hard-to-reach parts into brilliant focus.
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InternationalSustainable nitrogen control with biochar
Qian Zhou is working to solve the nitrogen problem using agricultural waste, such as plant stems and wood chips.
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InternationalSoft, lightweight and biocompatible
A US team has developed an organic electrochemical transistor that is highly biocompatible, reports Nature Communications.
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InternationalCreating colours
Colour is an intriguing phenomenon, as it is truly in the eye of the beholder. To create that sensation of colour, nanometer-scale particles need to be structured in just the right way.
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InternationalThe symmetry of bees lies within
Nature is full of symmetry, though often only on the outside, but recently an international team discovered that honeybees also build the inside of their nests symmetrically. As well as being aesthetically pleasing, this has practical advantages.
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InternationalOrganic synthesis goes golden
Working with dyes is asking for pretty pictures. While synthesising fluorescent tracers, Maarten van Meerbeek took this picture of a Cy5 dye.
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InternationalOn the road: Exploring Biotech in Europe, part III
The European biotech scene is booming with innovative research going on in a wide variety of areas, ranging from food to energy.
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InternationalOn the road: Exploring biotech in Europe, part II
The European biotech scene is booming, with innovative research going on in a wide variety of areas, ranging from food to materials to pharma to energy.
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InternationalOn the road: Exploring biotech in Europe, part I
The European biotech scene is booming, with innovative research going on in a wide variety of areas, ranging from food to materials to pharma to energy.
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InternationalHey Google, what does a brain look like?
A team from Google Research and Harvard University has published the largest ever dataset of neural connections in a fragment of the human brain.
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InternationalDNA diamonds
You can create extraordinary photonic crystals out of ‘tetrapods’ using DNA origami with unprecedented precision.
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InternationalJungle in a flask
With a little imagination, you can see a complete jungle in this picture, with large ferns and grass on the ground.
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InternationalGhost of Mesosphere Present
Stratospheric discharges are not only beautiful, they are also the subject of research into what makes them so colourful.
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InternationalBlue bead parade
The audience award of the ChemistryViews 2023 Photo Competition went to this atmospheric image of blue calcium alginate ‘beads’.
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InternationalPicture perfect tubes
Maciej Majdecki won first prize in the ChemistryViews Photo Competition 2023 with this collection of beautifully coloured NMR tubes.
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InternationalMolecular jellyfish
Serendipity is a thread running through many extraordinary discoveries in the history of chemistry. These ‘molecular jellyfish’ are no exception.
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InternationalIron embroidery
Source: Ludovic Troian-Gautier, C&EN Nature offers the most beautiful crystal structures. But beauty is certainly not absent from the lab, as shown by these iron(II) photosensitisers.
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InternationalThreads of beauty
Analytical polymer chemistry can be quite colourful, as shown in this X-ray diffraction pattern of a nylon fibre.
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