science research news – Page 5
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NewsHow much water makes ice?
Show your students how scientists have created the tiniest ice crystal ever made
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NewsA step closer to post-lithium energy storage
Calcium batteries could be viable thanks to a new electrolyte
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NewsAlgae produce synthetic chemicals
Surprise discovery as research shows trihalogenated anilines make synthetic chemicals
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NewsMaking ethanol from lignin
A new method can produce ethanol from rewnable lignin and carbon dioxide
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NewsHow silkworms can help astronauts
Silk fibres stay tough and ductile even at low temperatures, making them potentially perfect for space
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NewsSmartphones modified to detect norovirus
Handheld detection system is sensitive enough to catch just a few particles of norovirus
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NewsMicrobes and renewable energy turn carbon dioxide into edible protein
A new process uses microbes and renewable energy to make proteins for human consumption
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NewsThank the Nobel prize winners for your mobile phone
Start a lesson with the Nobel prize-winning chemistry involved in lithium-ion batteries
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NewsCatalyst metal recovery adds greener notes to whisky production
Magnetite nanoparticles recover copper waste from whisky manufacturing process
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News2D synthetic clay sheets could create easy to recycle crisp packets
Inorganic nanosheets could lower the carbon footprint of food packaging
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NewsPoly(ionic liquid)s act like taste buds for simple sugars
New system could find use in food monitoring or disease detection
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NewsCarbon nanotubes grown using kitchen chemicals
Cheap compounds found in kitchen cupboards can act as catalysts for making carbon nanotubes
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NewsDirty stirrer bars can act as phantom catalysts
Contaminated stirrer bars could be ruining experiments that are sensitive to tiny amounts of metal catalysts
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NewsWater found in asteroid dust
Water detected in samples from an asteroid’s surface for the first time
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NewsRecycling plastic bottles into jet fuel
Teach your students how plastic waste is being converted into hydrocarbon fuels
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NewsChemical analysis reveals origin of Pompeian mosaic tiles
Portable spectrometers shed light on the materials used in ancient Roman mosaics
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