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How do you like your eggs in the morning? What about boiled and then unboiled again? Chemists at the University of California, Irvine, have recently […]Related Posts:Plant that kills cancer cells – too...
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The name’s Bond, vibrational bond. First suggested thirty years ago, this new type of bonding has recently become a confirmed reality, as described in a […]Related Posts:Hydrogen forms metal-like core...
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The flavour and scent of a grapefruit has been conjured up by scientists, but from a different fruit – an orange. Nootkatone is the molecule […]Related Posts:The taste of hot chocolate depends on the...
View ArticleFloating Metal And Unsinkable Ships: Researchers Develop Composite Metal Foam
Researchers have developed a lightweight metal matrix syntactic foam with a density 8% lower than water which could be ready for prototype testing within 3 […]Related Posts:Regenerative Polymer Mimics...
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Researchers at the Washington State University have developed a catalyst to efficiently convert bio-ethanol into isobutene a widely used industrial chemical. Bio-ethanol is obtained from […]Related...
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The search is on for new sources of renewable energy and a promising field for these sources is bioenergy, the energy derived from living […]
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