| Date posted | Title | Structure |
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Adamson, Jasper |
| 22/05 | Confining water – the structure of HHTP tetrahydrate | HHTP tetrahydrate |
| 29/09 | Negative Compression! Silver(I) tricyanomethanide | Silver(I) tricyanomethanide |
Archbold, Julia |
| 02/01 | HLA Molecules – How the body detects infected cells | Human leukocyte antigen (HLA-A2) |
| 07/01 | The Fight or Flight Receptor | G-protein–coupled receptors |
| 13/01 | Impressive Insulin | Insulin |
| 16/01 | Kick-starting Adrenaline | Adrenaline |
| 27/01 | Fighting the Flu – The structure of Neuraminidase | Neuraminidase |
| 19/02 | Breaking down the drink – Alcohol Dehydrogenase | Alcohol dehydrogenase |
| 10/03 | Feeling Stressed? Understanding Anxiety and Depression | Corticotropin releasing factor |
| 01/04 | Cold as Ice… with 'Maxi' sacrifice | Antifreeze protein Maxi |
| 18/06 | P-glycoprotein: It's as simple as ABC | P-glycoprotein |
| 21/06 | How Sweet! The structure of the Glucose Transporter 1 | Glucose transporter 1 |
| 26/06 | 'Roll out the Barrel': Structure of the LptD-LptE translocon complex from bacteria | LptD-LptE translocon complex |
| 03/07 | 'Let's talk about Sex' hormones – Part 1: The Oestrogen Receptor | Oestrogen |
| 04/07 | 'Let's talk about Sex' hormones – Part 2: The Androgen Receptor and Testosterone | Testosterone |
| 23/07 | Ion Channels and Chronic Pain – Structure of the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel | Voltage-gated sodium channel |
| 24/07 | Cone snail toxins as painkillers – The structure of an alpha-conopeptide | Alpha-conotoxin (PnIB) |
| 01/08 | The Good and Bad of Prions: Proteins that cause Mad Cow disease | Prion proteins |
| 16/09 | Cop this! The protein 'cop' (Cop9) with multiple tasks | Human signalosome complex |
| 03/12 | Munc18: No Munc-eying around with our molecular transport machinery! | Munc18 |
Auckett, Josie |
| 07/05 | Square planar ferrites: sneaking up on unlikely atomic geometries | SrFeO2 |
| 01/07 | This month introduces us to the most iconic of red gems: Ruby, the birthstone of July | Ruby |
| 07/07 | Ordering matters: Not all brownmillerites are created equal | Brownmillerite super structure (Sr2Fe2O5) |
Batten, Stuart |
| 13/08 | Crystals by Design – Copper Tetracyanotetraphenylmethane Tetrafluoroborate | Copper tetracyanotetraphenylmethane tetrafluoroborate |
| 21/08 | Five fold - Cobalt tricyanomethanide | Cobalt tricyanomethanide |
| 26/08 | Nanoballs - synthesis for the lazy | Nanoballs |
| 29/08 | What’s in a name? The Octapi Catenane | Octapi catenane |
| 02/09 | Cadmium tricyanomethanide tetramethoxyborate (try saying that three times!) | Cadmium tricyanomethanide tetramethoxyborate |
| 25/09 | Iron trans-4,4'-azopyridine thiocyanate – Letting things down… | Iron trans-4,4'-azopyridine thiocyanate |
| 30/09 | Interdigitation, Interpenetration, Intercalation | Layered cuprous tricyanomethanide derivatives |
| 08/10 | Dedication in the face of adversity – Cadmium Cyanide | Cadmium cyanide |
| 29/12 | 54 nets and nothing fishy | 54-Fold interpenetrated coordination polymer |
Bevitt, Joseph |
| 21/02 | A strange and dangerous glow – White phosphorus | Phosphorus |
| 27/02 | Plastic fantastic – polyethylene | Polyethylene |
Binns, Jack |
| 17/02 | Seeing Double – Calcite | Calcite |
| 04/03 | Rigidity in carbon and hydrogen – Adamantane | Adamantane |
Brand, Helen |
| 10/01 | The structures behind birthstones – January Garnets | Garnet |
| 01/02 | February's Birthstone – Amethyst | Amethyst |
| 28/02 | A structure determined by Linus Pauling – Hematite | Hematite |
| 03/03 | March's Birthstone – Aquamarine | Aquamarine |
| 08/04 | April Birthstone: Unlucky for some … Diamond | Diamond |
| 10/04 | Hero and a villain – Jarosite | Jarosite |
| 08/05 | Mirabilite: 'The Miracle Salt' | Mirabilite |
| 23/05 | May's Birthstone: Could you actually build an Emerald city? | Emerald |
| 27/06 | June birthstone – Pearl | Pearl |
| 30/07 | An Earth and Mars mineral – Meridianiite MgSO4.11H2O | Meridianiite |
| 22/08 | August Birthstone: Peridot | Peridot |
| 11/09 | September's birthstone: your choice, Sapphire or Lapis Lazuli | Lapis lazuli |
| 10/10 | October birthstone: Opal. When is a crystal not quite a crystal? | Opal |
| 05/11 | Remember, Remember the 5th of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot… | Niter |
| 26/11 | November's birthstone – Orange Topaz | Topaz |
| 01/12 | A Structure for Summer – Methylammonium Lead Halides | Methylammonium Lead Halides |
| 09/12 | The final birthstone of the year: Tourmaline | Tourmaline |
Brant, William |
| 22/01 | The first perovskite – Calcium Titanate | Calcium titanate |
| 11/02 | Super Fast Ions – Solid Ion Conductor Lithium Lanthanum Titanate | Lithium lanthanum titanate |
| 09/04 | LixCoO2 – The Breakout Battery Hit | Lithium cobalt oxide |
| 29/04 | LiFePO4 – The Unexpected Battery Success Story | Lithium iron phosphate |
| 28/05 | Selenite – Crystal Cathedrals | Selenite |
| 08/07 | What’s in a name? – Bridgmanite | Bridgmanite |
| 04/09 | Growing crystals for your PhD – The trials and tribulations Part 1 | Sr0.8Ti0.6Nb0.4O3 |
| 05/09 | Growing crystals for your PhD – The trials and tribulations Part 2 | Sr3TiNb4O15 |
| 24/09 | The world’s most underappreciated gemstone – Red Spinel | Spinel |
| 28/11 | Surreal Microscopic Environments – Negative Crystals | Negative crystals |
Brouwer, Jason |
| 31/10 | Bak: The Face of Death | Bak |
Callori, Sara |
| 25/01 | Buckminsterfullerene a.k.a. Buckyballs a.k.a. C60 | Buckminsterfullerene |
| 13/02 | Superconductivity Heats Up: Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide | Yttrium barium copper oxide |
| 05/03 | Organize your oxygen with brownmillerite, SrCoO2.5 | Brownmillerite (SrCoO2.5) |
| 05/05 | It's a bird…it's a plane…it's a superstructure! | PbTiO3/SrTiO3 superlattice |
| 14/05 | Putnisite: Brand New and Completely Unique | Putnisite |
| 25/06 | Bi George, it's bismuth! | Bismuth |
| 11/08 | Let’s Get Popping! – Ruddlesden-Popper Structures | Ruddlesden-Popper structures |
| 22/10 | Trademark this mineral! | Chalcopyrite |
| 27/11 | Your crystallographic Thanksgiving – Tryptophan! | Tryptophan |
Chevreau, Hubert |
| 14/01 | Quartz: Dear Indi – Let me in next time!!! | Quartz |
| 21/01 | The 'desert rose' crystal | Gypsum |
| 24/05 | Same … but different. The structure of alpha-cristobalite | α-Cristobalite |
| 25/05 | Same … but different. The structure of beta-cristobalite | β-Cristobalite |
| 26/05 | MIL-143 or the big-brother (ir)regular beta-cristobalite | MIL 143 |
| 12/12 | The MOFIA and the boss of the crown family: the UiO-66 | UiO-66 |
Christian, James |
| 29/01 | Certainly not a typical material – the structure of Gadolinium Titanates | Gadolinium titanate |
Clegg, Jack |
| 20/08 | Perfect for the cold and 'flu season: Eucalyptus Oil | Eucalyptol |
| 01/09 | Cheap, Safe and Legal: Caffeine, The Socially Acceptable Psychoactive Drug | Caffeine |
| 21/10 | When is a knot not a knot? When it's a Ravel! | Universal 3-Ravel |
Collins, Brett |
| 09/01 | Biology on the edge – Adaptor Protein complex 2 | AP2 complex |
| 01/03 | Cutting up the genes – the structure of a spliceosome | Spliceosome |
| 03/04 | The machine of life – the structure of the Ribosome | Ribosome |
Coudert, F. X. |
| 15/08 | The beauty within – Zinc cyanide | Zinc cyanide |
| 02/10 | A big family of MOFs – Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks | ZIF-8 |
Curry, Stephen |
| 12/08 | Chymotrypsin — the first protease structure | Chymotrypsin |
Duyker, Sam |
| 03/01 | The structure of empty space – HKUST 1 | HKUST-1 |
| 12/02 | Not another ice structure… Methamphetamine | Methamphetamine |
| 14/03 | Keggin your pardon, ma'm – the structure of a heteropoly acid | Heteropoly acid |
| 16/04 | X is for xenotime | Xenotime |
| 23/06 | Porosity on your Plate – An Edible Metal-Organic Framework | Cyclodextrin-based MOF |
| 31/07 | It Breathes but isn’t Alive – MIL-53, a Flexible Framework | MIL-53 |
| 16/12 | Han purple – colour of the terracotta warriors | Han purple |
| 30/12 | Shrinking in the heat – lanthanoid hexacyanidocobaltates, a.k.a. LnCo(CN)6 | Lanthanoid hexacyanidocobaltates |
Edwards, Alison |
| 10/05 | J. D. Bernal and the structure of water | Water |
| 12/05 | Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin and the structure of Vitamin B12 | Vitamin B12 |
| 06/06 | Penicillin – D-Day | Penicillin |
| 06/08 | The Chinese puzzle molecule | Chinese puzzle molecule |
Goossens, Darren |
| 04/08 | Triglycine Sulphate: Ferroelectic, Pyroelectric, Bolometric | Triglycine sulphate |
| 15/10 | Local Order Hidden Inside the Average Order in PZN | PZN |
Hagan, Mackenzie |
| 23/01 | WOOO, Tungsten(VI) Oxide! | Tungsten (VI) oxide |
Hawkins, Paige |
| 31/01 | Spinning around with Spinels – Lithium titanate | Lithium titanate |
Helliwell, John |
| 12/03 | Colour me beautiful – Carotenoids | Carotenoids |
| 13/10 | Celebrating Laue – comprehensive protein structures | Concanavalin A |
| 19/11 | Crystallising enzymes from beans – celebrating Sumner | Jack bean urease |
| 25/12 | Why does a lobster change colour on cooking? | Apocrustacyanin |
Hester, James |
| 26/02 | Purple standards – Lanthanum hexaboride | Lanthanum hexaboride |
| 30/05 | Crystals you can grow at home – Nickel Sulphate Hexahydrate | Nickel sulfate hexahydrate |
Holmes, Jessica |
| 29/07 | A diamond net of molecular tetrahedra | Molecular tetrahedra |
Le Brun, Anton |
| 11/03 | A Protein Swiss Army Knife | Outer membrane protein A (OmpA) |
| 15/05 | Pass the Electron – The First Membrane Protein Structure Shows How Purple Bacteria Get Energy from Light | Rhodopseudomonas viridis photosynthetic reaction centre |
| 27/05 | A protein structure that is a β-barrel of laughs | Outer membrane protein F |
| 17/06 | The Start of Digestion: Salivary α-Amylase | α-Amylase |
| 20/06 | A Crystal Structure for the Perfect Steak: Papain | Papain |
| 28/07 | A Crystal Structure for Stopping Germ Warfare | Anthrax protective antigen |
| 18/08 | A Crystal Structure That Was Only Possible With the Help of an Ebola Survivor | Ebola glycoprotein |
| 25/08 | Possibly the Deadliest Crystal Structure Known: Ricin | Ricin |
| 23/09 | From Toxin to Technology: α-Haemolysin | α-Haemolysin |
| 14/11 | Whoop whoop: pertussis toxin | Pertussis toxin |
| 24/11 | DNA Polymerase in Celebration of Evolution Day | DNA polymerase |
| 02/12 | I'm pretty, but don't touch me as I'm deadly | Batrachotoxin A |
| 20/12 | Factor IX: Christmas Factor | Christmas factor |
Leung, Anna |
| 27/12 | Pasteurized Crystals – Tartaric acid | Tartaric acid |
Ling, Chris |
| 15/01 | Conducting heat with a very complicated structure | δ-Bi2O3-Nb2O5 |
Macreadie, Lauren |
| 28/12 | Decorative, but a little deadly – Torbernite | Tartaric acid |
Maynard-Casely, Helen |
| 01/01 | The structure that started it all – Rock salt | Rock Salt |
| 04/01 | A material for another world – Sulfuric Acid Hexahydrate | Sulfuric acid hexahydrate |
| 06/01 | Snow joke – January’s Ice structure, Ice Ih | Ice Ih |
| 12/01 | Sweet crystallography – the crystal structure of sucrose | Sucrose |
| 17/01 | GOLD! The crystal structure of success | Gold |
| 18/01 | Fire ice – the structure of methane hydrate I | Methane hydrate I |
| 19/01 | Graphite – the makings of the future? | Graphite |
| 20/01 | A mineral that came down to Earth – pyroxferroite | Pyroxferroite |
| 26/01 | A mineral for Australia day – Brucite | Brucite |
| 28/01 | Kathleen Lonsdale and her mineral | Lonsdaleite |
| 05/02 | An Element of surprise – The crystal structure of Polonium | Polonium |
| 06/02 | A crystal for after a shower – Talc | Talc |
| 07/02 | A headache of a crystal structure – Aspirin | Aspirin |
| 08/02 | Stranger than fiction – Ice IX | Ice IX |
| 09/02 | You can see through it – Muscovite | Muscovite |
| 10/02 | Less than mellow yellow – the structure of picric acid | Picric acid |
| 15/02 | Danger danger! A high-pressure explosive – γ RDX | RDX |
| 16/02 | Fool’s gold – the structure of Pyrite | Pyrite |
| 20/02 | How old? – The crystal structure of Zircon | Zircon |
| 22/02 | The chemical bond is stronger than we could have imagined | Hydrogen |
| 23/02 | The beginning of the end for Polio | Polio virus |
| 02/03 | Square snowflakes – the structure of Ice VI | Ice VI |
| 06/03 | The sour in the sweet – citric acid | Citric acid |
| 07/03 | Classical crystal structures – sphalerite | Sphalerite |
| 08/03 | Classical crystal structures – Wurtzite | Wurtzite |
| 09/03 | Classical crystal structures – Caesium chloride | Caesium chloride |
| 13/03 | It is sitting in your stomach – Hydrochloric acid | Hydrochloric acid |
| 16/03 | Making a drug work smarter – Acemetacin co-crystals | Acemetacin co-crystals |
| 17/03 | Happy St Patrick's day – something to help you with the snakes? | Clerodane diterpenoid |
| 18/03 | It’s in the walls – Alite | Alite |
| 19/03 | The crystal structure rainbow – Red Oxygen | Oxygen |
| 20/03 | The crystal structure rainbow – Orange crocoite | Crocoite |
| 22/03 | The crystal structure rainbow – Green fluorescent protein | Green fluorescent protein |
| 25/03 | The crystal structure rainbow – Indigo in your batteries? | Indigo carmine |
| 26/03 | The crystal structure rainbow – Imperial violet | Tyrian purple |
| 27/03 | A celebration of X-rays – Roentgenium | Roentgenium |
| 29/03 | A very rare gem – Uvarovite | Uvarovite |
| 30/03 | The crystal structure rainbow – Glowing in UV, Andersonite | Andersonite |
| 31/03 | Celebrating one of the founders of the field – the crystal structure of Braggite | Braggite |
| 05/04 | Deadly crystal structures – Chrysotile | Chrysotile |
| 06/04 | Deadly crystal structures – Arsenopyrite | Arsenopyrite |
| 07/04 | Kalgoorlie where the streets are paved with gold – Calaverite | Calaverite |
| 12/04 | Cubic ice – does it exist or not? | Ice Ic |
| 13/04 | Hearing radio waves with galena | Galena |
| 18/04 | What is our planet made out of? (1) Feldspar | Feldspar |
| 19/04 | What is our planet made out of? (2) Olivine | Olivine |
| 20/04 | What is our planet made out of? (3) Wadsleyite | Wadsleyite |
| 21/04 | What is our planet made out of? (4) Ringwoodite | Ringwoodite |
| 22/04 | What is our planet made out of? (5) Silicate perovskite | Silicate perovskite |
| 23/04 | What is our planet made out of? (6) Magnesiowüstite | Magnesiowüstite |
| 24/04 | What is our planet made out of? (7) Silicate Post-perovskite | Silicate post-perovskite |
| 25/04 | What is our planet made out of? (8) Hcp Iron | Iron (hcp) |
| 26/04 | Bath salts on the moons of Jupiter | Epsomite |
| 27/04 | A small molecule that has saved a lot of lives – phenol | Phenol |
| 30/04 | Another strange element – β Uranium | Uranium (beta) |
| 01/05 | Something to mull on – Mullite | Mullite |
| 03/05 | From crystallography, to running the country | Gramicidin S |
| 04/05 | SmCo magnets – May the 4th be with you | Samarium cobalt magnets |
| 11/05 | Methane under pressure – the structure of Methane A | Methane A |
| 17/05 | A peppery crystal structure – Piperine | Piperine |
| 18/05 | This is rocket science – ammonium perchlorate | Ammonium perchlorate |
| 31/05 | An elusive polymorph of Paracetamol | Paracetamol |
| 01/06 | A specially named perovskite, Megawite | Megawite |
| 03/06 | A play on colours – Labradorite | Labradorite |
| 04/06 | The two-coloured rock – Iolite | Iolite |
| 07/06 | Ice III in Ganymede | Ice III |
| 08/06 | Not for the intolerant – Lactose | Lactose monohydrate |
| 10/06 | Important for this time of year – Vitamin C | Vitamin C |
| 11/06 | Lacking in iron? – Iron (II) sulfate heptahydrate | Iron (II) sulfate heptahydrate |
| 12/06 | Vinegar – acetic acid | Acetic acid |
| 13/06 | Sodium acetate | Sodium acetate |
| 14/06 | The chocolate you don’t want – cocoa butter form VI | Cocoa butter (phase VI) |
| 15/06 | Molecular cotton candy – Ethyl Maltol | Ethyl maltol |
| 19/06 | A crystal structure you eat with! Hydroxylapatite | Hydroxylapatite |
| 22/06 | Sounds edible, but isn't - Tobermorite | Tobermorite |
| 28/06 | An extra-terrestrial hydrocarbon – Ethane | Ethane |
| 29/06 | A ring of progress – Benzene | Benzene |
| 02/07 | A mineral of history – Fluorite | Fluorite |
| 05/07 | An exclusive mineral – Bowieite | Bowieite |
| 06/07 | A formerly very exclusive mineral – Painite | Painite |
| 09/07 | What is the Rutile structure? | Rutile |
| 10/07 | Common structure, but rare material – Iridium Oxide | Iridium Oxide |
| 11/07 | A mineral often mistaken for a fossil – cryptomelane | Cryptomelane |
| 12/07 | A world cup inspired post – Germanite | Germanite |
| 13/07 | A world cup inspired post – Argentite | Argentite |
| 16/07 | A material that could help keep your heart going – lead zirconium titanate | Lead Zirconium Titanate |
| 17/07 | Time to scrub things up – Stearic acid | Stearic acid |
| 18/07 | Molybdenum – the building block of nuclear medicine | Molybdenum |
| 19/07 | Ice X – The extreme form of ice | Ice X |
| 20/07 | A smashing crystal structure – Nickel sulfide | Nickel sulfide |
| 22/07 | An aromatic mineral – Carpathite | Carpathite |
| 26/07 | A molecule from trees – Quinine | Quinine |
| 27/07 | Adapting a plant-based molecule – eugenyl acetate | Eugenyl acetate |
| 02/08 | A bit of a mouthful – hexamethylenetetramine | Hexamethylenetetramine |
| 03/08 | Sweet as – Glucose | Glucose |
| 05/08 | A mineral from interplanetary dust | Brownleeite |
| 07/08 | Crystals of temperature and electricity – Pyroelectric lithium niobate | Lithium niobate |
| 08/08 | Raw mineral of a legend – Goethite | Goethite |
| 09/08 | Feeding the world – Ammonia | Ammonia |
| 10/08 | Superhard and superstrong – cubic Boron Nitride | Boron nitride |
| 14/08 | Not going anywhere – low expansion alloys | INVAR |
| 16/08 | Bright spark – Magnesium Oxide | Magnesium oxide |
| 17/08 | To the ends of the earth and beyond – the search for 'impossible' quasicrystals | Quasicrystals |
| 23/08 | A surprisingly important structure - Diopside | Diopside |
| 24/08 | Powering Voyager - SiGe alloys | SiGe alloys |
| 30/08 | Ice, but in a better state of order - Ice II | Ice II |
| 31/08 | Bonattite - blue copper sulfate, but a lot rarer | Bonattite |
| 03/09 | Damaging buildings from within - Ettringite | Ettringite |
| 06/09 | A powering mineral – Uraninite | Uraninite (pitchblende) |
| 07/09 | A more complicated powering mineral – Autunite | Autunite |
| 08/09 | A big water cage, sH clathrate hydrate | Methane Hydrate II (sH) |
| 09/09 | Ekanite – a mineral that will amorphise itself | Ekanite |
| 12/09 | Where does all the lithium come from? – Lepidolite | Lepidolite |
| 13/09 | You can do a lot with two elements – Nitinol | Nitinol |
| 14/09 | A mineral from Iceland – Heklaite | Heklaite |
| 17/09 | Biominerals #1 – Magnetite | Magnetite |
| 18/09 | Biominerals #2 – Weddellite (in Antarctica and in you!) | Weddellite |
| 19/09 | Biominerals #3 – Francolite, a mineral in fossilized Dinosaur bones | Francolite |
| 20/09 | Biominerals #4 – The wonderful world of silica | Moganite |
| 21/09 | Biominerals #5 - Which way is up? | Barite |
| 27/09 | Sodium hydride, simple yet historic | Sodium hydride |
| 28/09 | Chasing complex molecules in the stars – looking for L-Serine | L-Serine |
| 01/10 | Impossible chemistry: making the unreactive react | Xenon-water compound |
| 03/10 | Enhancing flavour, molecule by molecule: MSG | Monosodium L-glutamate |
| 04/10 | All of the symmetry – Cm: Gerstleyite | Gerstleyite |
| 05/10 | All of the symmetry – P42cm: [(CH3)4N][Cu2(NCS)3] | [(CH3)4N][Cu2(NCS)3] |
| 06/10 | All of the symmetry - P-3c1: Fluocerite-(La) | Fluocerite-(La) |
| 07/10 | All of the symmetry – Pm-3: Sr3C60 | Sr3C60 |
| 09/10 | Absorbing and beautiful, zinc nitrate | Zinc nitrate |
| 11/10 | Celebrating Laue – complex structures very quickly! | Rh2(PNP)2(PNP)2(BPh4)2 |
| 12/10 | Celebrating Laue – very tiny crystals | Cerussite |
| 18/10 | Finding hydrogen – where does it sit in fcc Iron hydride | Iron hydride (fcc) |
| 19/10 | What's in silly putty? – Borax | Borax |
| 20/10 | Getting your cakes to rise – bicarbonate of soda | Sodium bicarbonate |
| 23/10 | Goosecreekite – The most unusual mineral name? | Goosecreekite |
| 25/10 | A long chain crystal – Silver behenate | Silver behenate |
| 26/10 | Simple Sunday – Magnesium Chloride | Magnesium chloride |
| 28/10 | Boron – an element to watch for the future | Boron (α) |
| 29/10 | Boron and carbon – better together? | Willemite |
| 30/10 | Glowing green – Willemite | Boron carbide |
| 01/11 | Brimstone (sulfur) | Sulfur (S8) |
| 02/11 | The sour taste – Malic acid | Malic acid |
| 03/11 | Collect enough minerals and someone will name one after you! – Gibbsite | Gibbsite |
| 07/11 | Madam Curie – one of her elements: Curium | Curium |
| 08/11 | It takes two – Vaterite | Vaterite |
| 09/11 | Fancy a wrestle? – Kaolinite | Kaolinite |
| 11/11 | Common beauty – Malachite | Malachite |
| 12/11 | A mineral imposter – pseudomalachite | Pseudomalachite |
| 13/11 | Growing new flowers in the chemical garden – cobalt chloride | Cobalt chloride |
| 15/11 | The most recently discovered ice structure – Ice XV | Ice XV |
| 16/11 | A super cool material – the crystal structure of Krypton | Krypton |
| 17/11 | What are comets made out of? One potential ingredient: Melilite | Melilite |
| 18/11 | What was Philae looking for on 67P? L-Glutamic acid | L-Glutamic acid |
| 21/11 | An explosive discovery – Einsteinium sesquioxide | Einsteinium sesquioxide |
| 22/11 | Sign of an impact – Stishovite | Stishovite |
| 23/11 | A failed campaign – alpha and beta tin | Tin (alpha and beta) |
| 25/11 | Alpha plutonium – a rebel element | Plutonium (alpha phase) |
| 29/11 | Saturating your food – Palmitic acid | Palmitic acid |
| 30/11 | A crystal sandwich – Vermiculite | Vermiculite |
| 04/12 | Beautifully holding buildings together – Tricalcium aluminate | Tricalcium aluminate |
| 06/12 | Stuffing in the hydrogen – Lithium Boro-hydride | Lithium boro-hydride |
| 07/12 | A greenstone – Jadeite | Jadeite |
| 08/12 | Mineral in pink – Spherocobaltite | Spherocobaltite |
| 10/12 | An accidental molecule – ferrocene | Ferrocene |
| 11/12 | An impossible molecule – Hexaferrocenylbenzene | Hexaferrocenylbenzene |
| 13/12 | Now you've seen everything – superconductive concrete | Dodecacalcium hepta-aluminate |
| 14/12 | A rock with a cleavage – Augite | Augite |
| 15/12 | A correction to an earlier claim – Ice XVI is the newest form of ice! | Ice XVI |
| 17/12 | Molecule of deceit – raspberry ketone | Raspberry ketone |
| 18/12 | Methane under pressure – the strange coincidence of methane B | Methane B |
| 19/12 | It's making a list – Santite | Santite |
| 21/12 | Seasons greetings. The crystal structure of Cocoa Butter | Cocoa butter (phase V) |
| 31/12 | Seeing the New Year in red: the structure of strontium nitrate | Strontium nitrate |
McCree-Grey, Jonathan |
| 11/04 | Murder most foul – Potassium Cyanide | Potassium cyanide |
| 14/04 | An Explosive Result – Mercury (II) Fulminate | Mercury(II) fulminate |
| 20/05 | Silicon – an element that is everywhere! | Silicon |
| 09/06 | β-Carotene helps you see in the dark | β-Carotene |
| 05/12 | Pinene – It's beginning to smell a lot like Christmas! | Pinene |
McGrath, Amy |
| 30/06 | A different type of donut – beta-sliding clamp | Beta Sliding Clamp |
McIntyre, Garry |
| 28/08 | Do try this in your own home! Copper sulfate pentahydrate | Copper sulfate pentahydrate |
McMahon, Róisín |
| 05/01 | Brace yourself! The structure of DiSulfide Bond proteins (DSBs) | DiSulfide Bond proteins (DSBs) |
| 03/02 | Lysozyme: Not to be sniffed at | Lysozyme |
| 14/02 | Roses are red, violets are blue. Oxytocin in my brain makes me only want to be with you… | Oxytocin |
| 24/03 | Myoglobin: (Don't) hold your breath! | Myoglobin |
| 15/04 | Collagen: Triple strength | Collagen |
| 17/04 | Botox: Toxic medicine | Botox |
| 19/05 | Haemoglobin: Bloody protein! | Haemoglobin |
| 14/07 | Melatonin: Are you feeling sleepy? | Melatonin |
| 15/07 | Caffeine hit: Adenosine A2A receptor | Adenosine A2A receptor |
| 15/09 | Bacteria: How do they resist? | β-Lactamase |
| 24/10 | Superbug superpowers | Penicillin binding protein variant (PBP2a) |
| 20/11 | From crystal to structure in 84 years | Jack bean urease |
| 22/12 | Oh, deer... | β-Lactoglobulin |
| 24/12 | A little helper – Elf3 | Elf3 |
| 26/12 | Give me a resin | Cytochrome P450 2B enzyme |
Norris, Lawrence |
| 01/12 | A tree bark suspension and a Nobel Prize later … We wonder less about the structural basis of the action of aspirin | Prostaglandin H synthase |
| 27/10 | Solid carbon dioxide | Carbon dioxide |
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Pfrunder, Michael |
| 19/08 | Hasta la Vista, Babies… | Methandrostenolone |
Price, Jason |
| 11/01 | Tales from a PhD – Synthesising a catenane | Catenane |
Ragon, Florence |
| 02/02 | Are you feeling blue? The structure of Prussian Blue | Prussian Blue |
Rule, Kirrily |
| 30/01 | Resistance is futile – Lanthanum Barium Copper Oxide | Lanthanum barium copper oxide |
| 18/02 | How high is high for a high-temperature superconductor? – HgBaCaCuO | HgBaCaCuO |
| 24/02 | Getting pernickety about the 1st pnictide superconductor, LaOFeP | LaOFeP |
| 23/03 | I'm blue da-ba-di da-ba dah – The natural mineral, Azurite | Azurite |
| 02/05 | Magnetic monopoles in the pyrochlore structure | Pyrochlore |
| 26/09 | Neo-mag: The strongest permanent magnet of them all! | Neo-mag (Nd2Fe2B) |
Sharma, Neeraj |
| 05/06 | A little out of the usual – a sneak peek at our take on the structure of a perovskite | Perovskite |
| 24/06 | A bit of a mouthful – sodium vanadium fluorophosphates: Na3V2O2x(PO4)2F3-2x | Sodium vanadium fluorophosphate |
Studer, Andrew |
| 04/02 | Dusty crystals | Coulomb crystal |
| 28/03 | Spins and Arrows: the Magnetic Story of MnO | Manganese oxide |
| 02/04 | Rare earth magnets: how crystallography can help you stay attractive | Neodymium magnet |
| 04/04 | Magnetic Thulium: Moments align in seven | Thulium |
| 06/05 | Elements Under Pressure: Barium | Barium IV |
| 09/05 | ThCr2Si2: giving it the old 1-2-2 | ThCr2Si2 |
| 13/05 | Gallium: out of the box | Gallium |
| 16/05 | Gd5Si2Ge2: Magneto gets cooler | Gd5Si2Ge2 |
| 22/09 | Tetrahedral amorphous carbon: rough in the diamond | Tetrahedral amorphous carbon |
| 14/10 | Phase Under Pressure – Cerium gold silicide | Cerium gold silicide |
| 17/10 | SmB6: When interesting is skin deep | Samarium hexaboride, SmB6 |
| 04/11 | Future Boron: Virtual Synthesis is the Next Phase | Boron (B56) |
Thomas, Lynne |
| 10/09 | Cellulose – the inner strength of plants | Cellulose |
Turner, David |
| 08/01 | Happy New Year Hangover – Ethanol | Ethanol |
| 24/01 | You must be taking the **** – Urea | Urea |
| 25/02 | This is a Hard One – Sildenafil Citrate | Sildenafil citrate |
| 15/03 | Something for the Weekend – Potassium Bitartrate | Potassium bitartrate |
| 28/04 | Don’t Panic – Valium / Diazepam | Valium |
| 29/05 | Getting in a Twist – A Polyrotaxane | Polyrotaxane |
| 16/06 | Some Like It Hot – Capsaicin | Capsaicin |
| 16/10 | A Nobel Explosive – Trinitroglycerin | Trinitroglycerin |
| 23/12 | Merry Christmas – Ho Ho Ho | Hexakis(μ2-8-quinolinolato-N,O,O)-tris(8-quinolinolato-N,O)-tri-holmium(iii) 8-hydroxyquinoline solvate |
Warren, Mark |
| 27/08 | Light reactions | [Ni(dppe)(η1-ONO)Cl] |
Webster, Renée |
| 21/07 | Ring ring! Naphthalene calling | Naphthalene |
| 06/11 | Chosen for its looks – Congressane | Congressane |
| 10/11 | Karrikinolide – where there's smoke, there's germination | Karrikinolide |
White, Keith |
| 02/06 | Absorbing gas – Lithium isonicotinate.solvate | Lithium isonicotinate∙solvate |
Wood, Katy |
| 21/05 | Protein crystals naturally occurring in a cellular membrane: Bacteriorhodopsin | Bacteriorhodopsin |
| 25/07 | DNA: Life's blueprint | DNA |
