All articles by David Bradley
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NewsThe trouble with mercury
Researchers in the US have used laboratory simulations to reveal the two-faced nature of microbes
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NewsX-raying a DVD
Little is known about the detailed structural changes that take place when data are stored and retrieved
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NewsHives no longer buzz
There are growing concerns that colony collapse disorder (CCD), which is ravaging honeybee populations, could be due partly to pesticide use.
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NewsSpinning up water beams
Researchers in Israel have found a way to separate water molecules that differ only in how their hydrogen nuclei are spinning
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NewsFriday scribble yields Nobel Prize
David Bradley on the strongest, thinnest material known to man
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NewsCarbon's noble matchmaker makes Nobel
Negishi, Suzuki and Heck were honoured for their pioneering work on palladium catalysis, David Bradley reports
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NewsFungal degradaton
Soil fungi and a strain of fungus that causes white rot could be useful agents in the biodegradation of bisphenol A based plastics
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NewsSelf-healing materials
Scientists discover construction materials that can undo the damage caused by radiation
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NewsGreen cement soaks up CO2
Cement based on silicates and carbonates could reduce the carbon footprint of the contruction industry
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NewsMercury lingers on
Shenandoah Valley rivers still show signs of mercury toxicity 50 years after contamination
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NewsSnowdrop chemical identified
Spanish scientists identify 17 potential medicinals in the common winter-flowering snowdrop
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NewsFlaxseed oil and healthy bones
Should flaxseed oil be added to the diet of women at risk of developing osteoporosis?
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NewsNobel chemistry completes trilogy
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz, and Ada Yonath have won the 2009 Nobel Prize for chemistry for mapping the ribosome at the atomic level
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NewsToxic Sunscreen Testing
Chemists use spectroscopic technique to shed light on the toxic metals in sunscreens and cosmetic products
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NewsA Safer Nanotechnology
Researchers in Saudi Arabia have developed an environmentally friendly way of making nanomaterials from zinc oxide
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NewsThe Salty Ocean Of Enceladus
European scientists discover that the giant plume of water emitted from Saturn's largest moon is fed by a salty ocean
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NewsTreasure from the Earth's mantle
Research gives support to controversial theory on the origins of fossil fuels