Author Archive for: David Bradley (472)

Rapid Toxic Metal Detection

Rapid Toxic Metal Detection

Highly porous magnetic microspheres mop up toxic metals for rapid detection of contaminated drinking water

Nano Testing Gets its Stripes

Nano Testing Gets its Stripes

The humble zebrafish can be used to test the safety of transition metal oxide nanoparticles according to an international team

Cervical Cancer Diagnostics

Cervical Cancer Diagnostics

Algorithm can spot the earliest biochemical changes that are a precursor to cervical cancer by untangling near-infrared Raman spectra

New Dual Catalyst Approach

New Dual Catalyst Approach

A new dual catalyst approach to cycloaddition makes a formerly diastereoselective reaction scheme enantioselective

Cellular Antifreeze

Cellular Antifreeze

The cryopreservation of samples of human cells can be improved with the use of a bioconjugate antifreeze compound

The 3D Butterfly Effect

The 3D Butterfly Effect

The wings of a butterfly have served as a template for making 3D silica photonic crystals for non-linear optics applications

No More Metal Cats

No More Metal Cats

Metal-free catalysts that effect transfer hydrogenation in imines, enamines, and N-heterocycles, offer simpler routes to novel molecules