All articles by Laura Howes – Page 7
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Fighting plaque with bacterial toothpaste
Anti-biofouling research could find its way into our toothpaste
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Fish with crystal clear vision
The elephantnose fish improves its sight by making use of photonic crystals
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Fracking given green light by UK report
A new government report, written by the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering, finds fracking safe if managed correctly
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Stretching graphene gives quantum dots
Straining graphene's lattice can separate its electronic states and turn it into a semiconductor
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Hydrophobic display writes on water
Two level structural hydrophobicity can be used for reversible data storage
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New chief scientific adviser announced
Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust, has been named as the next UK chief scientific adviser
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Coca Cola urged to cut out carcinogen
Health concerns over 4-methylimidazole are behind US heath watchdog’s petition
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Chemistry nobel laureate William Knowles dies
Renowned asymmetric synthesis chemist dies aged 95
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Uranium dating fingers Neanderthals as artists
Maybe Neanderthal isn't such an insult after all
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NewsCalls for better tattoo ink regulation
As tattooing becomes more mainstream there is a greater need for more control over ink ingredients
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ResearchCuF computation contradicts textbooks
Scientists reveal a mistake in inorganic textbooks, and in doing so, discover a new material for photochemical applications
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Research priorities
The heads of the national science academies of 15 countries have urged governments to focus on three ‘global dilemmas’
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Sensor sniffs out ripening
A new carbon nanotube-based sensor can sniff out sub-ppb concentrations of ethylene, the plant hormone involved in the ripening of fruit
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Methane hydrate success
The US and Japan have successfully completed their trial of methane hydrate production technologies
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Space dino retraction
A recent perspective article by Ron Breslow of Columbia University in the US has now been retracted
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The death of nano-hype?
Consumer’s knowledge of nanotechnologies has decreased since a previous study in 2008
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Norway tests CCS
The Norwegian government has finally opened its carbon capture and storage (CCS) test facility at Mongstad