Science research news - extracts for your class – Page 13
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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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NewsNanotechnology saves bridges
Inexpensive nanosensors might one day be incorporated into buildings, bridges, and other structures
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NewsChemistry goes tubular
Chemists in Germany use carbon nanotubes to activate butane, and thus make useful precursor molecules for pharma industry, without the need for expensive catalysts
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NewsDischarged chemical cocktail
Researchers in Portugal use atomic absorption spectroscopy to identify the chemical cocktail of gases released when used alkaline batteries are incinerated
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NewsCommunicating with logical chemistry
Italian chemists build a simple glowing molecule that promises to speed up data transmission
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NewsConverting sunshine into petrol
Research done at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US, hints at a new way to make petrol using nothing more than sunshine and thin air
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NewsToasting a good wine
French chemists analyse how the toasting of oak staves used to make wine barrels affects the chemical composition of the wood and the final uncorked product
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The MoleCarbon in the pipeline
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) - rolled up sheets of graphite around 90,000 times thinner than human hair
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NewsBonding solution
Canadian chemists are making a range of catalysts that not only speed up reactions but can endow molecules with much greater reactivity than normal
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NewsInsecticidal synthesis
Cambridge chemists unlock the structural secrets of the Indian lilac's handy chemical weapon