Author Archive for: David Bradley (472)

Concentrating on Explosives

Concentrating on Explosives

New device based on a porous zeolite can preconcentrate tiny quantities of explosives in a forensic sample for sensitive detection

Calculating Crystals

Calculating Crystals

Mathematics of materials emerges from information entropy; could lead to nimbler way to predict crystal structures from chemical formula

Attacking Latent HIV

Attacking Latent HIV

New synthetic approach to anticancer drug bryostatin analogs opens up possibility of eradicating latent reservoirs of HIV in AIDS infection

Split the Difference

Split the Difference

Doped nanochannels in tantalum nitride endow this material with the power to split water efficiently using sunlight

Desaturating Enzyme Mimic

Desaturating Enzyme Mimic

US chemists have developed a laboratory analog of desaturase enzymes used to activate alkanes by converting them to free alkenes

Resistance is Not Futile

Resistance is Not Futile

The total synthesis of the antibiotic marinomycin A could nudge us towards antibiotics that defeat resistant microbes, such as MRSA

Vegetarian Isotopes

Vegetarian Isotopes

Study of trace metals in blood samples from vegetarians and omnivores reveals how gender and diet influence metal's accumulation