All calcium carbonate articles
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Opinion
How a citizen science project crystallised school students’ interest in chemistry
Over 100 schools took part in Project M, a project to explore calcium carbonate structures
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Research
Inorganic ‘sponge’ made from seafood waste
New form of calcite can absorb water as well as contaminants like oil and dyes
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Research
Seeding oceans with volcanic ash could be new tool to tackle climate change
Tephra could encourage phytoplankton blooms that could potentially sequester huge amounts of carbon dioxide
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Research
Nanoparticle-fed plankton grow magnetic skeletons
Scientists make bionic material by commandeering the growth process of a calcifying organism
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Research
Rare mineral coating cushions cuckoo eggs during incubation
Cuckoos that nest in groups use a polymorph of calcium carbonate to protect their eggs
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Podcast
Calcium carbonate
From practical limestone buildings to elegant marble palaces - this compound has helped to build it all