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Academic Freedom in Medieval Universities

Chemists convert nitrogen to ammonia using light

Inspired by nature, researchers come up with a new way to transmute the most abundant gas in the atmosphere under ambient conditions

New type of chemical bonding discovered

Isotope effects lead to unusual interaction between atoms resulting in emergence of new kind of attraction

Crystal Polymorphisms

Chemist Mark Tuckerman on the importance of chemical polymorphism, the consequence it can have for pharmaceutical companies, and the problems yet to solve

Biophysics of Antimicrobal Peptides

University of Strasbourg professor, Burkhard Bechinger, on discovering new antibiotics, the interaction of peptides with bacterial membranes and promising work all over the world

Stability of standard state boron structure revealed

Researchers finally established the stable allotrope of the fifth element under normal conditions

Proton Transport and Hydrogen Bond

Chemist Mark Tuckerman on different viewpoints on proton, chemical bonds and first-principles calculations

Design and Measurement of Casimir Forces

Harvard University professor, Federico Capasso, on Casimir light, the difficulties of experimentation, and possible future applications

Cell Cycle and Cancer

Director of Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Richard Pestell, on the links between the cell cycle and cancer, the role of kinases, and new possible treatments

D/H ratio in Solar System

Staff Member at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Paul Hartogh, on the use of the deuterium/hydrogen ratio, the Big Bang and tracing back the history of gas giants

Multiple Functions of Vitamin E

Tufts University professor, Angelo Azzi, on recent and historical discoveries surrounding vitamin E, problems with past research, and how vitamin E impacts genetics

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