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NewsShedding light on Nazi-era uranium cubes with modern nuclear forensics
US team are using radiochronometry to confirm their authenticity and origins
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Research
Bronze age tin from Israeli shipwrecks was mined in Britain
Isotope analysis matches metal to mines in Devon and Cornwall suggesting ancient trade route existed
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Research
Ionisation energy of promethium fills one of the last holes in periodic table
Experiment puts an end to 75-year-old mystery
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Research
Liquid analysis simultaneously checks for 71 elements
Technique delivers elemental fingerprint of everything from water to wine in minutes
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Noble gas’s days of fixed atomic weight argon
Chemistry’s standardisation body introduces atomic weight interval for argon and updates weights of another 13 elements
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Research
Two atom reaction smallest chemistry experiment ever performed
Exquisite manipulation of a single sodium and caesium atom could herald start of an era of total control over chemistry
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Research
Experiments confirm nickel isotope's ‘doubly magic’ status
Analysis of copper-79 reveal the secrets of its magic neighbour
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Research
Beam isotope separation could sift lighter elements
Bouncing neon off a surface allows collection of specific isotope
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News
Game over for the original kilogram
The big K has performed admirably for over a century but all the data is in to redefine the kilogram using natural constants
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Research
‘Pink phosphorus’ caged in carbon nanotubes
Highly reactive white phosphorus seen linking up to make new 1D form on way to red allotrope of the element
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Research
Fullerene nanoflask captures reactivity of atomic nitrogen
‘Molecular surgery’ transforms fullerenes into nano-scale flasks
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Research
Humans influence soil chemistry from beyond the grave
Chemical elements can reveal where bodies decomposed even after flesh and bones are long gone
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Research
Microscale chisel unearths current flow through solar cell
Defects may actually help improve working of popular photovoltaic device
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News
Explainer: superheavy elements
How do you make a new element, how can you make sure you’ve really made it and what kit do you need?
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Opinion
Weighty decisions
Juris Meija explains why a small change to the atomic weight of an element can make a huge difference to science
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Research
Individual microRNA molecules detected with a single microbead
Beady-eyed bioassay can identify important nucleotides on the single molecule level
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Research
First snapshot of elusive intermediate supplies surprise
Atomic force microscopy images reveal aryne possesses three consecutive carbon–carbon double bonds, rather than a single triple bond
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Research
Molecular clocks may probe fundamental laws
Clocks based on the simplest molecule could weigh in on proton’s mass
