The Proposed Super atoms Could Make Better Batteries and Microchips
Researchers are looking at ways to transfer more than one electron at a time, and some believe that the key is superatoms. Most modern technologies…
Chemistry
The New Form of Lab-Made Gold Is Better and Golder than Nature’s Pathetic Version
Gold is surprisingly strange. As a matter of fact, it is now thought to have largely come after the collision of two super-dense neutron stars.…
The Brand New Space Mineral Might Be As Tough As Diamonds
The researchers have discovered a disturbing mineral in the interior of an iron meteorite that fell in Russia two years ago. Although only microscopic crystals…
An Idaho University Lost Track of a Piece of Weapons-Grade Plutonium
Even elite scientists can be the victims of the absence. Case in point: Idaho State University late last year when they realized they had misplaced…
Somebody Has Restarted Manufacturing an Ozone-Depleting Gas, and We Need To Stop Them
The Montreal Protocol for the Protection of the Ozone Layer is an outstanding achievement of the human environment. Since its passage in 1989, the concentration…
“Spontaneous Combustion” Fires in Austin Triggered By Nothing Less Than Humble Tortilla Chips
Stories just write themselves, Sometimes. Remove it, anyone running the Austin Fire Department’s Facebook account: “Tortilla chips are big business around these parts. We take…
The “Bloodhound” laser may soon test your breathing for disease
Researchers at the University of Adelaide believe that laser detectors can be used instead of relying on dog noses to detect surprisingly rare trace gases…
According To Science, Why Some Relationships Fall Apart and Others Don’t
Researchers have found that, at least at first, the difference between a long-term and a short-term relationship is hard to tell and there is an…
New electrocatalyst competently turning carbon dioxide into ethanol fuel
New electrocatalyst competently turning carbon dioxide into ethanol fuel US researchers have discovered a new electrocatalyst that transforms carbon dioxide (CO2) and water to ethanol…
The research examines thermal transport in metal-organic frameworks
The research examines thermal transport in metal-organic frameworks New studies in Nature Communications explores thermal transfer in organic metal frames. To the naked eye, the…
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