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Chemistry World
June 30, 2015
Tim Wogan |
New explosive is powerful but greener One of the most powerful non-nuclear explosives to date has been synthesized. The compound could be a more environmentally benign replacement for some common primary explosives.   |
Chemistry World
October 2, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
Greener explosives show promise Eco-friendly explosives based on nitrogen compounds could soon compete with conventional detonators and propellants used in pyrotechnics, mining, and military applications. |
Chemistry World
March 16, 2011
Laura Howes |
The explosive potential of nitrogen compounds Two separate groups have looked at the explosive potential of nitrogen compounds but while one group made an incredibly explosive compound, the others have developed a safer synthetic route for tetrazoles. |
Chemistry World
September 6, 2011
Maria Burke |
Crystallising Safer Explosives A team from the University of Michigan, US, has used co-crystallisation to combine two explosives to produce a novel compound that is safer and less likely to explode on impact. |
Chemistry World
July 21, 2010
Lewis Brindley |
Selenium-based quinones show anticancer promise The new compounds have great potential for future cancer therapy, and early studies show similar activity to the well-known chemotherapy drug cisplatin, although a selenium-based therapy would cost a fraction of the price. |
Chemistry World
January 13, 2012
Phillip Broadwith |
Ionic polymers open door to greener, safer explosives Highly sensitive explosives could become safer and greener by exploiting newly characterised ionic polymer structures, say chemists in the US. |
Chemistry World
March 25, 2009
Lewis Brindley |
Water goes with a bang US researchers have found that water appears to play a key role as a catalyst in complex explosions. |
Chemistry World
November 14, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
A MOF that goes off with a bang The versatility of metal -- organic frameworks has been explosively demonstrated by chemists in China who have synthesized highly energetic three-dimensional MOFs. |
National Defense
May 2007
Robert H. Williams |
Explosive Detection Kits Provide on the Spot Results Mistral Group is offering two kits that are able to detect a wide range of explosive residues on both people and surfaces. |
Chemistry World
September 21, 2011
Kate McAlpine |
Laser can detect explosive traces at a distance Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have developed a laser-based explosives detector that can spot 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene at concentrations of 1ng/cm 2, from 15cm away. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2007 |
Japanese Government Chooses Implant Sciences Explosives Detectors Officials in the Japanese government are ramping up the country's security. |
Chemistry World
January 3, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
One-pot synthesis creates anticancer candidates Researchers in Germany have developed a simple, rapid and high-yielding cascade synthesis of a collection of polycyclic compounds that resemble indole alkaloid natural products and which interfere with cell division. |
Chemistry World
June 12, 2012
Erica Mills |
Lighting the way to explosive detection A mesoporous material functionalized with aggregation-induced emission luminogens serves as an efficient and recyclable fluorescent sensor to detect picric acid in water. |
Chemistry World
July 9, 2014
Rachel Wood |
Diamonds are an explosive's best friend Scientists from China have coated the high energy explosive RDX (hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine) with nanodiamonds in an attempt to make safer explosives. |
Chemistry World
August 2009
Derek Lowe |
Column: In the pipeline The author considers what makes a good looking drug molecule - and how beauty is in the eye of the beholder |
Chemistry World
November 2009
Derek Lowe |
Column: In the pipeline The author advises opening your mind during the screening cascade taken by potential drug targets, and remaining goal orientated at all times |
Chemistry World
May 30, 2013
Peng Tian |
Blast kills 33 at Chinese explosives plant China's safety body has confirmed that a blast at an explosives factory has killed 33 people and injured another 19. No further information has been released to the public about the blast, which occurred on 20 May in Zhangqiu in Shandong province. |
Chemistry World
January 2012 |
Column: In the pipeline Derek Lowe discusses how companies are increasingly trying to do more with the compounds they already know a lot about |
Chemistry World
May 2012 |
Sniffing out explosives Can science compete with the sensitivity of a sniffer dog's nose? Emma Davies finds out |
Chemistry World
August 1, 2013
James Urquhart |
Total synthesis outshines biotech route to anticancer drug US scientists have developed the first efficient and scalable route for the total synthesis of ingenol -- a plant-derived diterpenoid used to treat precancerous skin legions. |
Chemistry World
September 1, 2011
Yuandi Li |
Self-cleaning fabrics now even cleaner US scientists have made a self-cleaning fabric that lasts longer, shows better antibacterial action and is more comfortable to wear than current materials. |
National Defense
May 2010
Stew Magnuson |
With No Budget, Joint Federal Office Tackles High Explosives Problem The Joint Program Office for Combating Terrorist Use of Explosives recently marked its one-year anniversary and is beginning to tick off items on a long list of recommendations designed to thwart terrorists from employing bombs on U.S. soil. |
Chemistry World
March 9, 2009
Ned Stafford |
Art From Explosives London-based artist and chemistry aficionado Aoife van Linden Tol will relocate to a remote forest area to create her newest collection of 'explosive art', detonating small bombs to make imprints on paper, wood and metals. |
Chemistry World
July 8, 2015
Polly Wilson |
MOF blends oxidizer with fuel for a precise bang Scientists in the UK and Turkey have devised a new way to make explosive materials in a safer, simpler and more consistent manner. |
