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Extraordinary crystal structure displays abiotic foldamer with unprecedented complexity
Four aromatic oligoamide helix-turn-helix units assemble in organic solvent into an abiotic architecture with quaternary-like structure
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Elusive pyridine-based chloronium structures revealed
Researchers complete set of halonium ions by isolating a reactive chloronium structure
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Crystal structure determination for sub-milligram sample sizes
Growing large enough single crystals becomes less of an issue thanks to a method that combines standard instruments and standard software
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Opinion
Sheldrick’s SHELX
From code on a Titan to becoming the titan of crystal structure determination
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Pepto-Bismol compound’s structure unveiled after 120 years
Electron microscopy triumphed over x-ray crystallography as century-old structural puzzle around bismuth subsalicylate is finally solved
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Opinion
Letters: March 2022
Readers produce a model view of June Lindsay’s work, and describe a creative use of parafilm
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XFELs make small molecule crystallography without crystals possible
High-speed technique allows structures of difficult molecules to be determined
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News
Launch of African crystallography association signals continent’s plans to grow this field
African Crystallographic Association sees important future for the science for the continent’s industry
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Opinion
June Lindsey, another forgotten woman in the story of DNA
Her discovery of adenine and guanine’s structure was a key part of solving the DNA double helix puzzle – yet her contributions are almost forgotten
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Rare red californium sandwich pushes frontier of isolable molecules
Researchers rehearsed metallocene’s synthesis with other elements before using just two milligrams of the precious radioactive actinide
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Squeezed crystal becomes better catalyst
Fine-tuning platinum’s lattice strain with removable atomic spacers boosts its catalytic activity by up to 50%
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First fluoronium crystal solves structure controversy
X-ray analysis of elusive cation finally proves it to be a symmetric near-covalent structure, not a carbocation
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Overreliance on cryocooled protein structures may compromise computational structure-based drug design
Scientists behind first of its kind study encourage more researchers to analyse protein structures at room temperature
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How a single ingredient creates silky smooth chocolate without tempering
Natural phospholipids trigger cocoa butter crystallisation into glossy, tasty, melt-in-the-mouth chocolate
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Actinium’s radius revised to solve cancer therapy mystery
For decades, scientists have been using the wrong ionic radius for one of Earth’s rarest element
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First crystal structure of bleach in its 200-year history
X-ray structure of chemistry staples hypochlorite and hypobromite recorded for the first time
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Molecular cryo-EM discovers error in 25-year-old natural product structure
Nobel prize-winning biomolecule imaging technique adapted to characterise chemical compounds faster and easier than NMR and x-ray
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Giant crystal lattice is mesoporous but not a MOF
Non-covalent network has the largest unit cell among non-MOFs
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Opinion
Letters: July 2021
Readers discuss whether air rifles or bomb disposal techniques are best for dealing with waste chemicals
