science research news
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NewsEnzymes make dyeing denim more sustainable
Can researchers find a way to make jeans blue without using toxic chemicals?
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NewsRevealing blueberries’ nanostructure
Find out how microscopic, self-assembling particles give blueberries their characteristic blue hue
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NewsUsing polluting red mud for greener metal production
Transforming toxic mud into iron in a breakthrough for steelmaking sustainability
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NewsHigh levels of nanoplastics found in bottled water
Unbottle the truth of what’s inside your drinking water
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NewsTropical birds bear brunt of gold mining impact
Birds pay the environmental price for metal extraction
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NewsNanoparticles answer an alchemical mystery
Gold nanoparticles explain the mystery of why fulminating gold explodes with a purple plume of smoke
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NewsMaking ammonia production greener
Could lasers offer a more sustainable alternative to the Haber process
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NewsScientists discover the heaviest oxygen isotope
Help learners delve into atomic structure and isotopes with this research context
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NewsTackling global demand for lithium one string at a time
Crystalising lithium salts on strings could be the key to supplying the vast volume needed for a net-zero world
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NewsThe effect of human leisure on water pollution
From cocaine to antihistamines, the surprising mix of chemicals detected after a day out at the river
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NewsFrom sulfur dioxide to atmospheric oxygen
Early Earth’s oxygen surge could be partly thanks to volcanic sulfur dioxide
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NewsVolcanoes, meteorites and catalysts for life’s origins
Unveiling the role of early Earth’s atmosphere in forming reactive organic molecules
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NewsSustainable solution to recycling wind turbine blades
Cracking the problem of decommissioning our wind farms
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NewsTattooing the heart with graphene electrodes
Flexible carbon pacemaker can wrap around the heart
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NewsSurprise origin for Benin bronzes
Show students the unexpected journey of brass from northern Europe
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NewsScience turns the taps on in drought-hit areas
Changes in the state of matter offer a solution to making potable water in arid regions
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NewsUsing seawater to reduce our carbon footprint
Ocean carbon capture system offers a new way to tackle rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels
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NewsNickel-loving plants help to recycle poly(ethene)
Phytomining is helping to recycle single-use plastics