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The researchers caught an intermediate step in the process by which hydrogen is removed from tryptamine, namely the point at which a proton disappears from a carbon atom as the carbon-hydrogen bond breaks.
ECONOMIST: Biochemistry: Evolving enzymes | The
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Some people include things as small as a tenth of a nanometre, which is about the size of the bond between two carbon atoms.
ECONOMIST: Small wonders
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By tuning the laser very precisely to the frequency of one particular sort of bond (such as that with a heavy carbon atom at one end), a molecule containing that bond can be shaken up.
ECONOMIST: Diamonds
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To make the Mach3, Gillette has found a way to bond diamond-hard carbon to slivers of steel.
ECONOMIST: Gillette: Taking it on the chin | The